Jimmy activated the police lights and siren and reported the situation via the radio before getting out of his vehicle to check on the prisoner transport driver.
Since the transport vehicle was overturned, the driver's compartment was crushed underneath. Looking through the windshield, the driver was unconscious, with his condition uncertain and no visible signs of blood from the outside. Jimmy dared not break the windshield to remove him and had to wait for the firetruck and ambulance.
The two prison guards in the vehicle were also lying unconscious next to the driver. The driver and officers were at the front, separated from the prisoners at the rear by a wire mesh, which could be opened from the front when necessary to access the prisoner's area.
From the front, all the suspects in the vehicle were lying together; several were moaning, though none stood up. Jimmy had not known how many people were inside since he did not have a list of prisoners.
Seeing that he couldn't immediately deal with the people inside the vehicle, Jimmy stood up and further supplemented the situation through his walkie-talkie, notifying the dispatch center to send several more ambulances.
While Jimmy was handling this, the LRPD had already subdued the pickup driver. They were initially in pursuit of a speeding driver, but now the scenario had escalated to a traffic accident.
After detaining the driver, LRPD officers did not leave but came over to ask Jimmy if they needed help.
Jimmy surveyed the scene; the chaos was significantly disrupting traffic. He instructed the LRPD officers to manage traffic while he stayed by the transport vehicle, preventing any prisoners from escaping through a breach at the back.
The firetruck arrived first, within five minutes, and immediately started rescuing the driver and two prison guards from the front of the transport vehicle.
After cutting away the windshield and seat belts, firefighters carefully lifted the driver out, followed by the two officers.
The firetruck contained emergency supplies, and the firefighters were trained in emergency response, so they administered emergency care to the driver and the guards before handing them over to the ambulances that arrived subsequently. Due to the severity of the incident and the number of people involved, two firetrucks and five ambulances came to the scene.
After dealing with the driver and guards, the firefighters began cutting into the rear of the prisoner transport vehicle to create an opening for rescuing the suspects inside.
The suspects were all dressed in detention center uniforms and handcuffed with their hands in front, complicating the emergency responders' task of treating injuries. However, releasing their handcuffs was too risky at the moment.
All the prisoners were rescued, totaling eleven individuals. Fortunately, though the number of ambulances was limited, they managed to transport everyone. The location was outside the city, and having five ambulances arrive so swiftly was fortunate.
Three uninjured prisoners were transferred to Jimmy and the LRPD officers' police cars—two with Jimmy and one in an LRPD vehicle, as they still had the pickup driver. The others were loaded onto ambulances and started heading towards the hospital.
Jimmy needed to continue with the transport, while the LRPD officers waited for a tow truck with the two prisoners. After waiting for the tow truck to arrive, the LRPD officers headed back to the detention center to re-incarcerate the prisoners and wait for further processing.
This emergency situation spurred contact with a hospital in South City, which had already cleared out the emergency room and prepared the operating rooms. Additionally, the dispatch center had arranged for nearby LRPD officers to come and support, as managing so many prisoners was too much for Jimmy alone.
Jimmy followed the last ambulance to the hospital and watched as the emergency doctors led the prisoners into the emergency room. Then he had time to check the count with the LRPD officers present.
Bad news—there was one ambulance short, containing two prisoners and two paramedics, one of whom was the driver.
Jimmy immediately contacted the dispatch center, "A28 calling the dispatch center, we are short one ambulance. Please start checking the traffic cameras from the site of the incident to the hospital immediately. The two paramedics are still inside the ambulance. Notify the detention center; I need every prisoner's photo and information, have them verify with the hospital who the missing two prisoners are."
While waiting for the dispatch center to check the surveillance, Jimmy already communicated with the LRPD officers, asking them to watch over the six suspects in the hospital. He also moved the suspects from his car's backseat to an LRPD vehicle.
Jimmy immediately started driving, heading back while waiting for the dispatch center to provide directions.
A prisoner escape was a serious matter. The dispatch center immediately contacted the detention center, LRPD, and the county police, mobilizing a large force towards South City. Jimmy's job was to wait for the dispatch center to provide directions and then take the lead in the pursuit, hoping to locate the ambulance.
"A28, the last known location of the ambulance was at the intersection of Doctor Street and East 32nd Street heading east on East 32nd Street, with no further sightings. LRPD has blocked off streets from West 32nd to West 36th around the area. LRPD's K9 unit has been deployed and will reach your location shortly."
Jimmy immediately drove towards West 32nd Street. Finding no trace of the ambulance there, he continued towards West 36th Street. After traveling a distance, he spotted the abandoned ambulance at the intersection of West 34th Street and South Cross Street, crashed against a tree on the roadside.
Jimmy stopped his car, drew his gun, and approached the ambulance. Heart Eye had already confirmed there were two people inside, both lying within. Because no immediate danger was detected, Jimmy was not overly cautious and walked straight to the rear, reached out, and effortlessly opened the back door, which had been left ajar.