The last day of the Electric Zoo Festival will not be taking place today on Randall’s Island due to suspected overdoses causing the deaths of two! Hit the jump for more detail!
The Electric Zoo Festival is held annually on Labor Day weekend, taking over Randall’s Island in NYC. The cancellation on its last day comes after the deaths of two and hospitalization of four due to suspected drug overdose.
“The New York Times identified the victims as Jeffrey Russ, 24, of Rochester, N.Y., and Olivia Rotondo, 20, of Providence, R.I. Russ was reportedly attending the festival with 23 members of his Syracuse University fraternity”
The New York City Mayors office delivered a statement announcing the cancellation and its reasoning:
“During the first two days of the Electric Zoo music festival, two concert-goers have died and at least four others became critically ill and have been placed in intensive care at area hospitals. Definitive causes of death have not yet been determined, however, both appear to have involved the drug MDMA (ecstasy, or molly).”
Via HuffPost
