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Isabel Keane

Atlanta woman dies in zip-lining accident while vacationing in the Caribbean

The family of Tamirah Dix says she died after suffering a head injury while zip-lining in Puerto Rico over the weekend - (GoFundMe)

The heartbroken family of a Georgia woman says she died after suffering a head injury while zip-lining in the Caribbean.

Tamirah Dix, a 40-year-old from Marietta, 20 miles north of Atlanta, hit her head while zip-lining in Puerto Rico on Saturday, but seemed fine and continued through the rest of her vacation plans for the day. However, after she went to sleep that night, she began having seizures. She later died on the way to the hospital, her family told 11 Alive.

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