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January 2nd Early Morning Law Enforcement & Fire Medical wrap up
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Lawrence Police responded on only one disturbance this Wednesday morning. Tuesday morning, Officers handled 21 disturbances.
Around 2:15 a.m., Lawrence Police were called to the intersection of W. 6th Street and Wakarusa Drive on a report of a non-injury accident. An officer arrived to report the person inside of the vehicle appeared to be unconscious. Medics were dispatched to the scene and reported the vehicle had sustained "major damage" in the crash. The occupant of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. More information on this accident can be found here from Operation 100 News or here from my reporting partners at the Lawrence Journal-World.
No other serious injuries were reported this morning.
Some of the activity blogged above was reported as it was unfolding by Operation 100 News. Learn how to receive breaking news updates here. For a full look at incidents from Douglas and Johnson counties this morning, take a look at the Operation 100 News twitter feed (link above), where the has been 80 tweets since midnight.
The activity blogged here is only a sampling of some of the things that Douglas County Law Enforcement and Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical respond on. To see a complete list of Lawrence Police activity, the department has that available on their website along with several easy to use maps that show approximate locations for Police activity.
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