By SHEILA A. MARSHALL

City Editor

smarshall@griffindailynews.com

Two people were injured, with one entrapped in her vehicle, following a Tuesday afternoon wreck at the intersection of Georgia Highway 3 and Moose Lodge Road.

The incident involved a Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by 17-year-old Brittany Danielle Fisher, of Griffin, and 31-year-old Maurice Minter, of Buena Vista.

According to Trooper Anthony Webb, of the Georgia State Patrol-Griffin Post, the wreck resulted when Fisher entered the roadway in the path of Minter’s vehicle.

“Fisher was driving westbound on Moose Lodge Road, attempting to cross Georgia (Highway)3 and proceed on west on that road. Minter was driving north on Georgia 3,” Webb said. “After Fisher proceeded across, she failed to yield to Minter. Witnesses said she did stop at the stop sign, but she failed to yield. Minter’s vehicle struck Fisher’s Trailblazer in the left front side.”

The force of impact caused Fisher to become entrapped in her vehicle which led to a mutual aid response from the Spalding County Fire Department and Griffin Fire-Rescue.

“We had to use the Hurst tools (jaws of life) to cut the door off. We could have taken her out the passenger side, but we don’t want to move people who may be seriously injured any more than we have to,” said SCFD Battalion Chief Dwayne Jones, who added that Fisher was fortunate to have not suffered severe injuries. “When you have an intrusion of this amount, there are usually serious injuries. Anytime there’s this much encroachment, it’s usually really bad.”

Webb said both drivers were subsequently transported to Spalding Regional Medical Center for “non-life threatening injuries.” He added that Fisher will be charged with failure to yield after stopping at a stop sign.