A Mount Airy woman has been issued two citations after striking a pedestrian in the school drop-off lane at Wilbanks Middle School last week. The Georgia State Patrol says 42-year old Wanda Miller struck a teacher after dropping off a child at the school.
According the the GSP incident report, Miller was driving a silver 2008 Mazda passenger van through the school drop off zone at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 14. She stopped in front of the marked crosswalk and let a passenger out of the van, then proceeded into the crosswalk, where she struck 32-year old Lori Defoor of Demorest. Defoor is a teacher at Willbanks Middle School.
The report states, “After the passenger exited, (Miller) continued east into the crosswalk and stuck a pedestrian. The pedestrian was pushed forward out of the crosswalk before (Miller) stopped. (Miller) stopped while the pedestrian moved herself out of the roadway towards the safety of the school entrance … then drove off and left the scene.”
No ambulance transport was required, but Defoor did seek medical treatment at Habersham Medical Center for treatment of unspecified, non-life threatening injuries to her leg.
The GSP report says Miller was contacted by school officials after the accident and returned to the school to be questioned by Trooper 1st Class Travis Sanders. Miller reportedly told Sanders she did not know she had struck Defoor. The report reads, “Driver denied any knowledge of striking a pedestrian. She did, however, state that she had seen the pedestrian before she struck her and after she struck her, but was not aware she struck her.”
Trooper Sanders issued Miller a citation for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk and a citation for leaving the scene of an accident with injury.
