Detectives investigate drug overdoses at NYC hotel
Detectives are investigating a spate of drug overdoses at a Midtown hotel that left two guests dead and a third hospitalized Saturday, police said.
EMS was called to the Hyatt Grand Central New York, a four-star hotel on E. 42nd St. near Lexington Ave. about noon after the three guests were found unconscious.
Two of the people died at the hotel, police said.
A third was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.
The overdoses were considered “suspicious,” a preliminary police report said.
The names of the dead were not immediately disclosed.
A hotel employee working the front desk declined to comment on Saturday.
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