A wreck involving a Phillips State Prison transport bus shut down I-85 South in Gwinnett County for about an hour Tuesday morning, according to police.

The wreck happened shortly after 5 a.m. near Sugarloaf Parkway. No life-threatening injuries were reported, Gwinnett police spokesman Cpl. Collin Flynn said, but one person was taken to a hospital.

All of the inmates on the bus were transferred to a different vehicle after the crash, Flynn said.

Phillips State Prison, located in Buford, is a medium-security prison that houses men.

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