A 15-year-old girl was one of two Groovin The Moo punters rushed to hospital after suffering a suspected drug overdose over the weekend. As The Daily Telegraph reports, the ANZAC Day long weekend saw a total of four separate overdoses at music festivals.
Whilst the Maitland leg of Groovin The Moo, which kicked off its annual run of regional stops over the weekend, was relatively incident-free and garnered rave reviews from critics and punters, paramedics performed CPR on a 15-year-old girl after she collapsed and stopped breathing.
According to the Daily Telegraph, the girl, reported to be from Sydney, collapsed on Saturday at about 2.30pm after ingesting an unidentified substance. She was subsequently rushed to John Hunter Hospital where detectives were looking to question her in relation to a substance found on her clothing.
Another punter was also rushed to hospital following an adverse reaction to drugs. The Telegraph reports that police, who were conducting a sniffer dog operation at the festival, found a total of 36 people carrying illegal substances, including MDMA.
Meanwhile, in Sydney, a 19-year-old man and a woman were taken to hospital suffering from suspected drug overdoses after attending the Midnight Mafia Dance Party in Homebush. Police reportedly arrested a total of 18 people on drug-related offences, including 16 for possession.
A total of seven people have died from drug-related causes at music festivals around Australia in the past 12 months, including the highly publicised deaths of Stereosonic punters Sylvia Choi, 25, and 19-year-old Stefan Woodward.
Tone Deaf have reached out to Groovin The Moo organisers for comment.
