Drug-taking game investigated by police after teenager died of overdose at dance festival

Police are investigating whether a teenager who died at a dance festival in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday was involved in a drug-taking game.

The 19-year-old man was among 16,000 people who attended A State of Trance at the Sydney Showground at Olympic Park, when police said he collapsed. Officers said a group of men had been playing a game in which they competed over the number of drugs they could take, but it is unclear if the man who died was part of that group.



The man, later named as Tolga Toksoz, was assisted by medical staff before he was taken to hospital in a critical condition where he later died. A post-mortem examination and toxicology test will be carried out and a brief prepared for the coroner.

A 20-year-old Arncliffe man was also taken to hospital and remains in a critical but stable condition on life support, police said. Four other men were transported to hospital after taking what was believed to be illicit drugs, while 23 other patrons were treated by medical staff at the event, police added.