GBI will investigate Chattooga jail death

SUMMERVILLE, Georgia (WDEF) The Georgia Bureau of Investigation will investigate the death of a prisoner at the Chattooga County jail on Tuesday.

Sheriff Schrader says that the suspect was brought in just before 4PM on a traffic offense.

While he was being booked, he said he wasn’t feeling well and collapsed.

The Sheriff says he died at the hospital.

Though he believes the case is medical, he has asked the GBI to investigate.