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| Van carrying inmates struck by utility truck |
| By Muncie Star Press |
| Published: 01/18/2005 |
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Ten inmates from the Pendleton Correctional Facility were involved in a crash in Muncie, Ind., Monday morning. They were taken to Ball Memorial Hospital after a van transporting them was rear ended by a utility vehicle. The inmates were treated at Ball Memorial Hospital for what were described as minor injuries. The work crew was assisting the Muncie Sanitary District and city crews cleaning up after the Jan. 5 ice storm that knocked out power and downed thousands of power lines, poles, trees and limbs. "They have been a tremendous help to us," Mike Rost, administrator of the Muncie Sanitary District, said of the prisoners. The accident happened at 10:08 a.m. at High and Washington streets. The prison van, driven by Eric Schoettmer, 45, Pendleton, was waiting for the traffic light to change on High when it was struck from behind by a utility vehicle driven by Billy Taylor, 39, St. Mary Pleasant, W. Va. Indiana State Police trooper Will Hughes said the utility vehicle was going too fast for road conditions, adding that Taylor might be cited. Neither driver was injured, although one inmate had a bloody nose and others complained of pain. Five ambulances arrived on the scene and inmates were laid out on the street, awaiting for transport to the hospital. As many as 30 inmates from Pendleton and Atterbury state correctional facilities are working locally on storm clean-up. Local officials are predicting it could take several weeks to clear millions of tons of trees and limbs left behind by the storm. |
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