DOUGLAS COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a fatal weekend accident have identified the victim as 33 year-old Michael Travis Gibbons of Lawrence, according to a media release.
Just after 2a.m. Sunday, police responded to a report of a single vehicle collision at the intersection of 31st St and Atchison Avenue in Lawrence.
Responding officers arrived to find a vehicle with Gibbons, the only occupant, had collided with a light pole on the northwest corner of the intersection.
The vehicle sustained heavy damage and power lines were down as a result of the collision. Officers and paramedics attempted to render aid however it was determined Gibbons was deceased at the scene.