Prisoner jeered after short-lived escape attempt at GPH

Patients at the Accident and Emergency Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation were treated to a moment of high drama when a prisoner being transported for treatment tried to make a run for it.

The man, who was reportedly taken into custody last evening after an altercation with his brother, was being transported without restraints to the hospital for treatment of a minor injury received during the altercation. He took the opportunity to make a