LONGVIEW, TX (WTXL) - Police in Longview, Texas are on the scene of a submerged truck, which may be connected to the stolen truck investigators believe Florida escaped prisoner Michael Rotunno was linked to.
According to our affiliate in Texas, KLTV, officers are investigating the possibility of this truck in Lake Lamond being connected to Rotunno, who was spotted in Longview Tuesday night.
Witnesses on the scene say told KLTV that the license plate of the partially submerged truck matches the plate of a stolen Ford F350, linked to Rotunno.
He is one of two inmates who escaped the private prisoner transport van in Walton County, Florida early Monday morning.
The Walton County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the other inmate, James Banks was arrested after trying to call a cab in Mississippi Wednesday morning.
Banks and Rotunno have been on the run since Monday, after managing to escape from a transport van that made a stop in Walton County on its way to an unscheduled stop at the Leon County Jail.
Stay with WTXL.TV for updates on this developing story.
