SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — A woman is dead after falling from a moving vehicle, the Sevierville Police Department said.
Officers responded to a call regarding an injured woman who reportedly had fallen from a moving vehicle on Highway 66 (Winfield Dunn Parkway) around 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday, according to SPD.
When officers arrived they found a woman in the 1700 block of Highway 66 with severe injuries, SPD said.
Efforts to revive the woman were unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead. The woman was identified as Deanna Dechent, 33, of Sevierville.
The driver of the car, John Davis II, was arrested for violation of an order of protection stemming from a previous arrest, SPD said.
The SPD Criminal Investigation Division and Accident Reconstruction Team are conducting a joint investigation into this incident.