ATLANTA — No charges will be filed in the case of a Middle Georgia woman who died this summer after falling from a moving patrol car, officials said Monday.
Brianna Grier died on July 21, six days after falling out of a Hancock County Sheriff’s Office vehicle and suffering a fatal head injury. The woman’s parents said they called 911 on July 15 while their daughter was in the throes of a mental health crisis at her Sparta home.
The 28-year-old mother of twin girls was handcuffed and placed in the back seat of the patrol car, but the back door wasn’t properly closed, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation probe found. According to the state agency, Deputies Timothy Legette and Marlin Primus thought they had closed the door before driving off, but had not. Grier’s hands were cuffed in front of her and she was not wearing a seat belt when she fell from the vehicle, authorities said.
