Festival man dies after reaction to drug

A festival-goer has died after suffering a suspected reaction to ketamine at Glastonbury.

The 26-year-old man, from Reading in Berkshire, died as the first official day of music got under way at Worthy Farm in Somerset.

He had been taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary in a “life-threatening condition” on Wednesday night.

An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said: “Unfortunately, the man taken ill after a suspected reaction to ketamine has died this morning.

“The family of the man had been informed of his condition yesterday. His death is not considered suspicious.”

Police said it is not thought that the batch of the Class B drug the man took was contaminated, but he suffered an adverse reaction to it.

A 67-year-old woman died at the site on Wednesday night from natural causes.

Police said 85 crimes were reported within the first 48 hours of the festival opening, a 30% decrease on last year.

About half of these were property thefts, with 30 people arrested so far.