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Volunteer Worker Dies at Electric Forest Festival

07/01/2014
. (Radio.com) Large-scale EDM events continue having really rough month with the news that a 20-year-old volunteer worker at this year's Electric Forest festival in Rothbury, Mich., has died.

According to MLive, Brian Alan Brockette was volunteering at an outside vendor when he was stricken with a medical emergency just after 11 p.m. on the final night of the four-day festival (June 29).

Electric Forest organizers released the following statement regarding the incident: "On Sunday night, the festival's health and safety team was alerted to a medical emergency involving an outside vendor's volunteer. Event medical personnel responded along side Michigan State Police troopers.

"The man was then transported to a local hospital. We later learned that, unfortunately, he passed away. This festival was created to celebrate life and to enjoy music in a magical setting. This has deeply affected everyone involved with the event. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to his family and friends." more on this story

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