ME Teen Maiah Reilich-Godino ID’d As Victim In Tuesday Night Fatal TN Jeep Fall

BLOUNT COUNTY, TN. (THECOUNT) — Bangor, Maine teen, Maiah Reilich-Godino, has been Identified as the victim in a fatal fall from a moving vehicle while visiting Blount County, Tennessee on Tuesday.

Reilich-Godino, 18, was killed after falling out of a moving vehicle traveling on the Foothills Parkway near Tallassee, Tennessee, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials.

Rangers responded to reports of a vehicle ejection on Foothills Parkway between Chilhowee Lake and Look Rock, in Tallassee 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3. When officials arrived, they determined Reilich-Godino was sitting in an open window of a moving Jeep Patriot when she fell from the vehicle after the roof rack she was clinging to gave way.

The driver and front-seat passenger, the only other occupants of the vehicle, were not injured during the deadly incident, according to officials.

Reilich-Godino was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

Park Rangers are in the process of completing the accident investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Blount County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 123,010. It had an estimated population of 131,349 in 2018. The county seat is Maryville, which is also the county’s largest city. Blount County is included in the Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.