The Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office continues to await the results of the Michigan State Police investigation as well as the Michigan Sheriffs’ Association’s internal investigation into how inmate Tylor Ormsbee, 26 years old, escaped a moving department transport van, leading to his death.

The incident occurred on Oct. 24 at approximately 7:40 A.M. on US-127 in Gratiot County.  His injuries were all sustained in the jump from the van. He was not hit by a vehicle.

Ormsbee was held in a rear compartment of a Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office Transport Van and was being transported to the Michigan Department of Corrections in Jackson at the time of the incident.

More details will be released once they are made available.