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Thursday, June 02, 2016

Florida music festival turns tragic

TAMPA, Fla. -- Authorities say two people are dead and 57 others were hospitalized after attending a weekend music festival here.

The Sunset Music Festival was held at Raymond James Stadium on Saturday and Sunday.

Tampa police reported in a news release that a 22-year-old Melbourne man and a 21-year-old Kissimmee woman were hospitalized Saturday. The man died Sunday, and the woman died Monday. The medical examiner's office wasn't immediately reporting causes of death.

Police didn't say why the 57 other people were hospitalized.

Police also reported 25 felony arrests, eight misdemeanor arrests and 16 marijuana civil citations at the festival.

City officials told CBS Tampa affiliate WTSP-TV the city needs to take a hard look at the festival known to attract drugs.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Someone must've spiked the punch. Poor hippies just wanted to trip balls.

Anonymous said...

something smells funny about the lack of legal substance to this story.

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Anonymous said...

Maybe a heroin epidemic there?