Ohio prison inmate thrown over handrail dies
2/20/2009LUCASVILLE, Ohio Authorities in Ohio say a state prison inmate was thrown over a handrail by another inmate and died.
The State Highway Patrol said Thursday that 59-year-old David Hall was thrown from the top range of a cell block this week at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
Hall had been incarcerated since 1994, serving a life sentence for aggravated murder.
His death remains under investigation. No further details were released.
A prison spokesman declined to comment Friday.