Inmates break free from cell to save collapsed guard

Recently released CCTV footage shows the moment inmates in a Texas jail broke out of their cell - to raise the alarm that a guard had collapsed.

The incident occurred on June 23 in a holding cell in the basement of the District Courts Building in Weatherford, Texas.

WFAA reports that the guard had been sitting in the small room adjacent to the cell, joking with the eight inmates when he suddenly slumped over, unconscious.