GA Woman Dies At Grady After Falling Out Sheriff's Patrol Vehicle: GBI

GEORGIA — A Georgia woman died Thursday at Grady Memorial Hospital after falling out of a deputy’s moving patrol car in Hancock County.

Brianna Marie Grier, 28, of Sparta, was arrested July 15 at a home on Hickory Grove Church Road in Sparta. Sparta is about 50 miles northeast of Macon, Ga.

“While deputies were taking Grier to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, Grier fell out of a patrol car and sustained significant injuries,” the GBI said in a news release.

Hancock County Sheriff Terrell Primus asked the GBI to investigate the same day.

Grier’s parents told WMAZ-13 that she was having a schizophrenic episode. They called the sheriff's office for help. Marvin and Mary Grier told the news station that two deputies arrived and handcuffed Grier before putting her in the back of the patrol cruiser.

They said they were later told that their daughter had kicked her way out and suffered a head injury.

Grier’s body will be taken to the GBI Crime Lab for an autopsy.