Guard Remains Critical After Deadly Prison Bus Crash

Just one person remains in critical condition following a prison bus wreck in West Texas that left 10 people dead and five hurt.[[288562861,L]]

Texas Department of Criminal Justice guard Jason Self was in critical condition Monday at University Medical Center in Lubbock.

TDCJ spokesman Jason Clark says four inmates who survived last Wednesday's crash remain at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa.

Terry Johnson was upgraded to serious condition Monday. Hector Rivera was also serious. Inmates Remigio Pineda and Damien Rodriguez were in fair condition.

The prison bus was transporting inmates from Abilene to El Paso when the vehicle hit an icy patch on Interstate 20 in Penwell, west of Odessa. The bus went down an embankment and struck a moving freight train.

Two corrections officers and eight prisoners died.

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