photo by: Kim Callahan/Journal-World

Lawrence Police Department headquarters, 5100 Overland Drive, is pictured June 28, 2022.

An unidentified driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Saturday night after a rollover accident on Massachusetts Street just south of downtown.

According to an email from Lawrence Police Department spokeswoman Laura McCabe, a Lawrence police officer in South Park observed a Ford Explorer in the 1100 block of Massachusetts Street traveling southbound at a high rate of speed about 10:40 p.m. The officer pursued the vehicle and soon found it had rolled over onto its roof in the 1400 block of Massachusetts Street.

The driver declined medical attention after being helped from the vehicle by the officer, McCabe said. However, officers suspected the driver was driving under the influence and transported the driver to the Douglas County Jail for booking. The Lawrence Journal-World was unable to find a report in the booking logs that corresponds to the time and location of the incident Sunday afternoon.

McCabe said reports from the crash were still being processed, and she was unsure if there was any other damage associated with it.