An Appleton woman is dead after she leaped from a moving Sheriff’s Department vehicle.
The 43-year-old woman was being transported by the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Department on Highway 441 near Racine Street at around 5:30 Monday evening when she was able to escape the moving vehicle.
She was taken to a nearby hospital but died from her injuries.
It is being reported that the woman was being taken to the Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
The two deputies who were involved in the transport are on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation, which is being handled by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office.
The woman has not yet been publicly identified.
