An inmate who escaped from Pittsylvania County authorities last year made a getaway from the Blue Ridge Regional Jail in Lynchburg this morning.

Virginia State Police yesterday identified a Pittsylvania County Jail inmate killed in a struggle with a deputy as a Danville man who had recently been convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. Cody Christopher Nifong, 24, was to have been sentenced Jan. 8 after undergoing a mental evaluation. On Tuesday night, a Pittsylvania deputy was taking Nifong back to the jail after a medical appointment when the two began struggling in the deputy’s cruiser, authorities said.