DeKalb County IN Jan 27 2018 Six prisoners and two officers were injured Thursday afternoon when their prisoner transport van collided with a truck at the intersection of Indiana 3 and Indiana 205 near LaOtto, the DeKalb County sheriff’s department said today.

In a statement, the sheriff’s department said Pamela Connelly-Castle, 57, of Columbia City was driving south on Indiana 3 shortly before 3 p.m. when she failed to yield the right of way and turned left in front of a van driven north on Indiana 3 by Albert McDaniel, 46, of Florida.

Connelly-Castle’s truck spun and came to rest facing west in the intersection, police said. She was not injured.

The van, which belonged to US Corrections LLC, a private transport company, went off the road, struck a utility pole and came to rest in a ditch, police said. They said the rear passengers were trapped inside the transport cage until firefighters could extricate them.

McDaniel broke his leg, police said. Another officer, Luis Feliciano, 47, of Florida was flown by Samaritan helicopter to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne with broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

One of the prisoners, Luis Guzman Calderon, 28, of Cleveland, broke his back, police said. The other five prisoners were treated for pain and lacerations.

All the injured people were either released from the hospital or listed in stable condition, police said.

Indiana State Police, Allen County and Garrett police, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, DeKalb and Huntertown EMS and Garrett, LaOtto and Huntertown firefighters also assisted.
Journal Gazette

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