A teenager is recovering after being pinned under a 1,500-pound boulder in her grandma’s backyard.
Brianne Griffith, 15, was playing on a formation of boulders in the backyard of the home on Vineyard Way in White, Georgia, when one broke loose.
“It’s a natural rock formation that’s been there for no telling how long,” Bartow County EMS spokesman Brad Cothran said.
The teen fell and the large rock landed on top of her.
“Her right ankle was trapped underneath the boulder, and it weighed approximately 1,500 pounds,” Cothran said. Neighbors tried to help, but the boulder was too heavy.
“It took a lot of manpower,” Cothran said.
He says paramedics, firefighters and deputies arrived, and it took at least six people plus a pulley system to lift the boulder just a couple inches.