Sunday 3 August 2014

One dead, 20 hospitalized from apparent overdoses at Maryland concert

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A North Carolina man died and 20 people were hospitalized due to apparent drug overdoses during a pop and dance music festival in Maryland, authorities said on Saturday. Tyler Fox Viscardi, 20, of Raleigh, North Carolina, died after being taken to the hospital at 9 p.m. local time Friday after he attended an all-day Mad Decent Block Party festival in Columbia, about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Baltimore, the Howard County Police Department said in a statement. Authorities said Viscardi died of an apparent drug overdose, and investigators are working to determine what type of drugs were in his system. A 17-year-old Virginia man, who attended the same event, was in critical condition suffering from what appears to be a drug overdose, according to the department. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

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