By MONROE ROARK
Staff Writer

A mother and three children were injured after a one-car accident Sunday night west of Fayetteville.

According to Capt. Pete Nelms of the Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services, a Honda Accord driven by a 35-year-old woman struck a tree at 256 Sams Drive, near Sandy Creek Road, shortly after 8 p.m.

The woman was trapped in the vehicle after the accident, and emergency personnel required about 40 minutes to remove her due to the damage the tree caused to the car, Nelms said.

The driver, Sherri Perry of Tyrone, was flown by helicopter to Atlanta Medical Center and was listed in good condition Monday, a hospital spokesman said.

One child was found outside the car when officers arrived, according to a spokesman for the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, but it is not known whether he was thrown from the vehicle. He was flown by helicopter to Egleston, Nelms said.

The two other children were transported by county personnel to Southern Regional Medical Center in Clayton County.