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| Inmates report injures after transport bus crash |
| By The Lufkin Daily News |
| Published: 02/28/2005 |
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Several prisoners reported minor injuries after a Texas Department of Criminal Justice bus rear-ended a brown GMC Yukon near the railroad trestle across U.S. Highway 59 north last Wednesday morning. "The driver of the Yukon said she slowed down when the person in front of her slowed for water across the road," said Ramey Bass, a trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety. "The TDCJ bus crested the hill and was unable to stop in time." Bass said the Yukon was driven by 29-year-old Brandi Denney of Nacogdoches, who was shaken up but otherwise uninjured. The prison bus, driven by James Edmond, 49, had been en route to the Bird Unit in Huntsville with 20 prisoners. The two vehicles came to a stop just past the railroad trestle. Both vehicles sported bent bumpers, but there was no other visible damage. Paramedics from Lufkin Fire and EMS waited around outside the bus as law enforcement officials decided the best way to transport the prisoners to a local hospital. A TDJC officer armed with a shotgun stood watch near the rear of the bus. Bass said most of the inmates said they were hurt in the accident. Eventually, the DPS troopers and an Angelina County sheriff's deputy escorted the bus to the George H. Henderson Exposition Center, and the prisoners were taken to a local hospital to be checked for injuries. |
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