Five people were treated for injuries this morning after a Vicksburg woman reported that the brakes on her 1992 Buick Park Avenue failed as she drove down Sherman Avenue and eventually hit a power pole, Vicksburg police Officer Chris Tankesly said.

Tymica Edison, 27, 40 Dove Road, told police she safely managed to steer the car across North Washington Street and swerved into a church parking lot, where her car sideswiped a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Stacey Johnson, 28, 1518 Ethel St., before hitting the pole.

Johnson was not injured, but Tymica Edison and three passengers, Arkiyah Edison, 3, Aleria Sanders, 6, and Tykeria Sanders, 6, all of 40 Dove Road, were taken to River Region Medical Center where they were treated and released, said hospital spokesman Allen Karel.

Tankesly said a fifth passenger, Jeremy Webb, 30, of the same address, was also taken to RRMC, but Karel said there was no record of Webb being treated.

Separately, three vehicles were involved in a wreck on Mississippi 27 between Beechwood Elementary and Warren Central High School at about 7:30 a.m. The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, which investigated, relayed no information about the wreck, but no injuries were reported at the scene.