Prisoner injured while trying to jump out of moving bus

An inmate who tried to escape custody injured his head when he jumped out of a moving bus.

According to reports the man was being transported with other inmates in an Amalgamated Security prisoner transport bus just after 4pm on the Uriah Butler Highway when he pried open a back door and jumped out.

The man fell injuring his head face and hand.
Police escorting the bus saw the fall and took the man to the Eric Williams Medical Science Complex where he remained up to Tuesday morning under guard.