East Cobb teenage girl who fell out of moving car has died; driver charged with vehicular homicide

Alyssa Prindle, East Cobb teenage girl
Alyssa Prindle had recently graduated from Pope High School.

An East Cobb teenage girl who fell out of a moving car on Johnson Ferry Road earlier this month has died, and an arrest warrant has been issued for the driver.

Cobb Police Officer Sarah O’Hara said in a release this morning that Alyssa Prindle, 18, who suffered serious injuries in the incident, died Wednesday at WellStar Kennestone Hospital.

O’Hara said that the Cobb County Magistrate has issued an arrest warrant for Abigail Cook, 17, also of East Cobb, for 1st degree vehicular homicide.

According to police, Cook was driving a silver 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe northbound on Johnson Ferry Road near Sewell Mill Road around 2 a.m. on July 5 when Prindle, a backseat passenger, rolled down a window and began hanging out of the vehicle.

Police said Prindle was yelling and screaming and then fell out of the Hyundai. She was taken to Kennestone and placed in ICU, and O’Hara said this morning that she never left the hospital before dying of her injuries.

Cook was booked in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center and charged with DUI, reckless driving, serious injury by vehicle (a felony), underage possession of alcohol, possession of false identification and a violation of class D drivers license hour restrictions. She later bonded out of jail, according to Cobb Sheriff’s Office records.

A GoFundMe page had been set up by Prindle’s family to pay for medical expenses, but a message posted there Thursday announced that Prindle, a Pope High School graduate, “lost her fight. Her body just couldn’t keep going. There were too many injuries, and the doctors just couldn’t do anything else for her.”

The message continued:

“Please pray for our family as we go through a difficult next few days together.

“Her parents are Todd and Julie, and her 15-yr old brothers are Kyler and Bailey. We would love for you to be praying for them by name, as well as her extended family.”

 

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2 killed in Powers Ferry Road accident Sunday afternoon

Powers Ferry Road accident, April 29 2018
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The drivers of two vehicles that collided in a Powers Ferry Road accident on Sunday were killed, Cobb Police said.

Ryan Michalski, 31, and Miraylla Sousa, 23, both of East Cobb-area addresses, died after being taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital, Cobb Police Officer Sarah O’Hara said.

O’Hara said the crash took place at 4:10 p.m. Sunday on Powers Ferry Road, at Meadowbrook Lane, when a black 2006 Ford Fusion driven by Michalski collided with a white 2013 Kia Optima driven by Sousa.

The intersection is just south of Powers Ferry and the South Marietta Parkway, and just north of Powers Ferry Elementary School.

Police said the Ford was traveling northbound on Powers Ferry when it veered into the southbound lane and into the path of the Kia. O’Hara said witnesses told police the Ford had been speeding and passed other vehicles in the center turn lane before the crash.

The Ford caught fire and was heavily damaged in the collision and landed on a shoulder, while the Kia came to a stop in the intersection, O’Hara said.

She said the accident remains under investigation and that anyone with information should call the Cobb County Police Department’s STEP Unit at 770-499-3987.

 

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