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 The person, a 17-year-old from Woodbridge, Virginia, died at an
area hospital following the all-day Mad Decent Block Party in
Columbia, about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Baltimore, the Howard
County Police Department said in a statement.
Police did not release the teen's name at his parents' request. The
statement did not say when the teen died and police declined to
provide further details when reached on Sunday.
On Friday, Tyler Fox Viscardi, 20, of Raleigh, North Carolina, who
also attended the concert, died of a suspected drug overdose after
being taken to the hospital at around 9 p.m. local time, police
said.
Some 20 people from the same event were treated for drug-related
symptoms at area hospitals and released, police said.
MDMA, more commonly referred to as Molly or Ecstasy, was the drug
used most widely at the event, police said, although toxicology and
autopsy reports would be needed before official causes of death
could be determined.
The Mad Decent Block Party travels throughout the United States.
Investigators said similar circumstances have unfolded at other Mad
Decent Block Party events.
"We were shocked and saddened when we heard the news," organizers
said in a statement on the event's website. "Our hearts go out to
everyone impacted."
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Police said they issued 50 under-age drinking citations during the
event and made three arrests, including one for possession with
intent to distribute marijuana.
Molly has made its way into popular culture in recent years, helped
by references to it made by entertainers like Madonna, Miley Cyrus
and Kanye West.
The drug's dangers have become more clear following a rash of
overdoses and deaths at concerts last summer.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in New York; Editing by Daniel Wallis
and Matt Driskill)
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