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Teenager dies at Electric Daisy Carnival Texas


Dozens more were hospitalized during Saturday night's event, mostly due to overcrowding.
Words / Will Lynch
Published / Monday, 20 June 2011 06:00 PM
Category / International NewsUnited States of America
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This past weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival in Texas resulted in dozens of hospitalizations and at least one death, according to the Dallas Observer.

For reasons that are still under investigation, 19-year-old Andrew Graf was dead upon arrival at Baylor University Medical Center. Others remain in hospital care today, one in "critical condition." Though drug and alcohol use are considered possible causes for the incidents, intense heat and overcrowding have received most of the blame so far.

"It was crazy," said Diplo, one of the event's headliners along with Skrillex and Paul Van Dyk. "There were just too many kids on stage." The festival was scheduled to run from 4:00 PM until 2:00 AM, but the fire department pulled the plug early when someone set off a fire alarm, by which point conditions had been worsening for hours. Shortly after midnight, one officer said the people inside were "dropping like flies."

It's not the first time Electric Daisy Carnival has ended in tragedy. Last year's event in LA, also beleaguered by overcrowding and heat, led to the death of a 16-year-old girl who was widely presumed to have overdosed on ecstasy. That incident prompted a wide debate about big commercial raves in the United Sates. The next Electric Daisy Carnival will take place on Friday at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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zoukdallaswrote
Tue, 11 Oct 2011show was amazing

TomLuewrote
Wed, 29 Jun 2011Anyone know if people died in the one in Las Vegas?

elbowlesswrote
Thu, 23 Jun 2011Electric Death Carnival

josephchristianwrote
Wed, 22 Jun 2011It goes to show where the cities in this country REALLY need to help plan for these events. Missives are not going to go away, and many communities can make a lot of revenue by having them. Safety, not finger pointing needs to be the focus. sadly, logic and reality do not always prevail when things like this occur.

Rollin25wrote
Wed, 22 Jun 2011You can't blame this on the promoters. What ever happened to personal responsibility? And guess what, two people died at Bonnaroo this year. There is PLENTY of space there, I can assure you. But where is the media fall out from those two deaths? That means ten people have died at the Roo since 2002. That's averaging one death every single year in the last decade.

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MrPATTwrote
Wed, 22 Jun 2011what happened to having fun the safe way i mean not something you wanna hear when you go out and have a blast ....sucks for those that witnessed that stuff need more saftey on big events like that and all


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