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27/06/2014
Man, 26, Dies At Glastonbury
A man has died at this year's Glastonbury festival, it has been confirmed.
The 26-year-old, from Reading in Berkshire, is understood to have died after taking the illegal drug Ketamine.
Police have said he suffered an "adverse reaction" to the substance, and it is not thought the batch of drugs was contaminated.
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said the man had been taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary with a "life-threatening condition", but he was later pronounced dead.
In a separate incident on Wednesday, a 67-year-old woman died at the festival from natural causes. Police have said her death is not being treated as suspicious.
(CVS/JP)
The 26-year-old, from Reading in Berkshire, is understood to have died after taking the illegal drug Ketamine.
Police have said he suffered an "adverse reaction" to the substance, and it is not thought the batch of drugs was contaminated.
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said the man had been taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary with a "life-threatening condition", but he was later pronounced dead.
In a separate incident on Wednesday, a 67-year-old woman died at the festival from natural causes. Police have said her death is not being treated as suspicious.
(CVS/JP)
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