The desert pageant Burning Man kicked off Sunday in Nevada on a bitter word with the dying of a feminine attendee.
The lady, whose identify was not launched, was discovered lifeless simply hours after the pageant opened. The reason for dying is below investigation; pageant organizers introduced the dying however didn’t present any extra info surrounding the episode.
“Our ideas and condolences exit to the household and buddies affected by this loss,” Burning Man organizers mentioned in a information launch.
The yearly occasion in Nevada’s distant Black Rock Desert attracts tens of 1000’s of individuals to a makeshift group replete with artwork and music.
Shortly earlier than 11:30 a.m., emergency companies with the pageant responded to experiences of an unresponsive feminine and instantly started lifesaving measures, however have been unable to revive her, pageant organizers mentioned. The Pershing County Sheriff’s Division have been known as to the scene at 11:37 a.m. for a potential dying.
Deputies confirmed the lady’s dying after they arrived, the Sheriff’s Division mentioned in a information launch posted to Fb.
The trigger and method of her dying stays the middle of an investigation and will probably be decided after an post-mortem is carried out, authorities introduced. The participant’s identify was being withheld till her subsequent of kin might be notified.
“Our ideas and prayers exit to the household and buddies” of the one who died, Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen mentioned in a press release.
