Associated Press
CHARDON, Ohio — The State Highway Patrol says an inmate transport van struck an unoccupied, disabled vehicle on the side of a road in northeastern Ohio and four inmates have been injured.
The patrol says the crash in Geauga County occurred around 1:30 a.m. Sunday on U.S. 422 in Troy Township. Patrol officials say the inmates were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
No law enforcement officials were injured.
Authorities say alcohol and drugs were not factors in the crash. The township is roughly 38 miles east of Cleveland.