Gang crash truck into prison wall, free 14 inmates

A group of 14 prisoners in Brazil have escaped after a gang slammed a truck into their jail's wall.

The gang hijacked a bus to stop the traffic before crashing through the wall at Polinter prison in Rio.

The heavily-armed gang made a 3m-square hole in the wall.

According to reports, one of the 14 to escape was a Columbian drug dealer known as Papito or Little Daddy.

Prison boss, Carlos Augusto Siqueira, says the wall "will be rebuilt with iron bar reinforcements, to avoid further problems."