1 inmate dead in prison van, car wreck in Texas

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CAMERON, Texas (AP) — One inmate has been killed and several others are among six people hurt in a Central Texas collision between a car and a van hauling prisoners.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice on Tuesday identified the female inmate who died as 53-year-old Ellaree Mathews. She was serving less than a year for a conviction out of Angelina County in East Texas.

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