Two Utah State Hospital inmates were taken to the Utah County Jail following a purported attempt to drown another inmate in a bathtub.

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Provo Police Capt. Duane Fraser said Duane Gallegos, 21, was struck on the head Sunday evening in a bathroom at the hospital's forensic unit and his head was held under water.Gallegos was treated at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center and returned to the state hospital, where he had been sent to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

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