A 20-year-old Lawrence man suffered injuries not believed to be life-threatening in a one-car crash. His iPhone alerted dispatch.
Emergency dispatchers received an automated message from the phone that a user was involved in a crash at 1:25 a.m. Wednesday in the 1000 block of North 1800 Road, north of Lawrence, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies found the man’s Nissan Sentra off the road in the area and found the driver, according to the department’s news release.
“They determined the vehicle left the road to the north and struck a culvert and drove through a row of cedar trees before rolling over,” according to the release.
Medics took the man to a Topeka-area hospital.
“Deputies as part of the ongoing investigation are looking at impairment as a potential cause of the crash,” according to the release.
Users of iPhone 14 or later can set up crash detection by going to Settings > Emergency SOS. Read more about it at this link.
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