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ix prisoners and 2 deputies escaped an inferno after the vehicle transporting them was hit in a collision and burst into flames.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office confirmed the incident happened Monday morning at the cross-section of Jackson Street and Commerce Street in downtown Houston when a pickup truck reportedly ran a red light.
All 8 criminal passengers from the prison van went to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Meanwhile the man who caused the incident was not injured and may have been running late to an appointment.