Leeds pageant: boy, 16, dies in suspected drug incident | UK information

A 16-year-old boy has died after falling sick at Leeds pageant, in response to police who’ve launched an investigation into whether or not he had taken an ecstasy pill.

{The teenager} fell sick on Saturday on the music occasion on the metropolis’s Bramham Park and was taken to hospital, however died on Sunday. West Yorkshire police mentioned they have been wanting into whether or not he had taken a specific kind of MDMA.

Assistant Chief Constable Catherine Hankinson mentioned: “Whereas the precise reason for his dying is but to be established, one line of inquiry is that he had taken a specific kind of ecstasy (MDMA) pill, which was described as a gray or black rectangular form.

“At this second in time that is believed to be an remoted incident as we have now not acquired any related experiences.

“Our ideas are with the household of the boy who has died, and we have now officers supporting them at this very tough time.

Melvin Benn, managing director of organisers Pageant Republic, mentioned: “We’re really saddened about this tragedy and our sincerest ideas are with the household right now.

“We’re working carefully with West Yorkshire police to help with their investigation and take all experiences of incidents the place drug use is suspected significantly.

“The security and wellbeing of all our pageant goers is at all times our absolute precedence and we remind all pageant goers that there isn’t a protected method to take prohibited medicine and there aren’t any protected prohibited medicine.”