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June 19, 2012

Ga woman dies after falling out of car on I-75

FORSYTH, Ga. — Police are investigating after a woman fell out of a vehicle on Interstate 75 and died in central Georgia.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department says 60-year-old Jeanette Coleman was sitting in the back seat of a Ford Explorer when she fell out of the moving vehicle on I-75 early Sunday.

WMAZ-TV (http://on.wmaz.com/NLg305 ) reports Coleman died later that day at a hospital.

Two other people were in the vehicle at the time she fell, including the driver.

The sheriff’s department says it’s reviewing what happened, but foul play isn’t suspected.

 

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