A Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy is hospitalized after an inmate assaulted them Monday inside a jail wagon, stole the vehicle and crashed it into a telephone pole, according to police.
The assault was reported shortly before 11:30 a.m. The attacker, who has not been identified, got control of the van after the assault and drove the vehicle out of the Community Justice Campus. The van crashed just outside the parking lot, in the 3000 block of Prospect Street.
Three deputies took the suspect into custody. The assaulted deputy was taken to Eskenazi Hospital. Police did not immediately provide their condition.
The suspect was also taken in stable condition to a hospital.
Foley said there is no ongoing threat to the community, and police are not searching for other suspects.
About 12:35 police tweeted that Prospect Street between South Sherman Drive and South Keystone Avenue would be shut down for the “next few hours” as officers investigate.
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