Teenager dies after falling ill at Latitude Festival
21 July 2014, 12:58
| Written by
Patrick Mills
(News)
An unnamed 17-year-old male died after falling ill at Latitude Festival in Suffolk this past weekend.
According to BBC News, the teenager was airlifted from the site at around 16:30pm on Saturday and died in Norfolk and Norwich University hospital.
A statement from the festival organisers reads:
“A 17-year-old male attending Latitude was airlifted to hospital on Saturday afternoon and died in the early hours of Sunday morning. The young male suffered from an isolated medical condition. The police are not treating this as suspicious.”
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