Escaped inmate gets hit by car after breaking out of prison
KAUAI, HI – An audacious jailbreak attempt took a turn for the worse when an escapee was severely wounded in a hit-and-run incident. The escapee, Matthew J. Ornellas Jr., 33, was an inmate at the Kauai Community Correctional Center in Hawaii, serving time for a drug-related charge. Ornellas reportedly broke out from the correctional facility around 1 a.m. Friday. He ran into the traffic on Kuhio Highway after scaling the jail’s razor-wire fence. His run …