Search on for prisoner who escaped from inmate transport van

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- U.S. marshals and local law officers in northwest Georgia were searching Thursday for an inmate they say overpowered a guard on a van that was transporting prisoners.<br /> <br /> The prisoner struggled with the guard and escaped around 7 p.m. Wednesday after it stopped in Cartersville, about 40 miles northwest of Atlanta, authorities said.<br /> <br /> The inmate shoved the guard and ran after the private prison transport van stopped outside a gas station for a restroom break shortly after stopping at a local Pizza Hut to pick up food, Cartersville police Lt. Rich Hawley told The Associated Press.<br /> <br /> The female guard gave chase and caught up to the male prisoner, but he broke away after a struggle, Hawley said.<br /> <br /> "Basically everybody in the area is looking for him," Hawley said around 6 a.m. Thursday. "The last word I have is that he's still a fugitive."<br /> <br /> The guard was taken to a hospital for treatment of an injury, but Hawley said it doesn't appear to be serious.<br /> <br /> The inmate was being taken from Florida to Indiana to face federal drug charges.