Inmate serving life for murder overpowers driver, escapes from custody in Texas

Gonzalo Lopez was being transported for a medical appointment when he escaped.Texas inmate serving life sentence escapes from transport busA Texas inmate serving life for murder managed to break free from his shackles, overpower a bus driver and escape from custody, officials said.Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was on a transport bus en route from Gatesville to Huntsville for a medical appointment when he escaped in Leon County on Thursday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.Two officers were on the bus: one at the front as well as one in the back who was armed with a shotgun, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Robert Hurst told reporters.Lopez "was somehow able to get out of his shackles and get into the driver's compartment of the bus," Hurst said.Lopez cut out the bottom of a door that separates inmates and the driver, Hurst said."He used some type of device, we don't know what some type of device, to cut out the bottom of the door," he said.Lopez "was able to overpower the driver.