One man has died and several others have been rushed to hospital after a suspected mass overdose at a music festival in Sydney Olympic Park.
A 40-year-old man died and six others required hospitalisation after suffering “medical episodes” on Saturday night while attending the Dreamstate Music Festival in Sydney Olympic Park.
Police confirmed the man, who has not been formally identified, died at the scene.
“Six other people were taken to hospital where one remains in a critical condition,” they said.
“A crime scene has been established, and police commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.”
NSW Health confirmed there were “two urgent medical transfers and three non-urgent transfers to hospital”.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, NSW Health Minister John Graham said pill testing at festivals were a “very important” element to keeping people safe at festivals.
They are investigating whether the man’s death was part of a possible mass overdose at the festival.
“I think it’s a good thing where these festivals of health are able to work together to engage in the pill testing,” he said.
“We’ve seen health over this festival period has been able to issue urgent information from people based on some of that testing, to let people know whether a particularly dangerous substance is or high potency drugs.”