Rikers Island inmate dies at Queens hospital
The Department of Corrections says John Price was being held without bail for drug trafficking charges.
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A Rikers Island inmate died Sunday morning at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, according to officials.
The Department of Corrections says 49-year-old John Price was being held without bail for drug trafficking charges.
He was taken to the hospital in need of medical attention and later pronounced dead at 5:30 a.m.
His exact cause of death was not immediately clear.
He is the second Rikers Island inmate to die within the last four days.
