In an official statement posted to social media, festival organizers said a 39-year-old woman suffered a sudden cardiac arrest during Astrix’s set on the main stage. Emergency services reached her within minutes and attempted to resuscitate her, but she could not be saved.
In a separate incident on the same day, organizers confirmed that a 45-year-old man died after climbing onto a decorative structure and falling from it. In a video circulating on social media, the man appears to intentionally jump off into the crowd. Authorities are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the fall.
The tragedy follows a similar incident just the night before, when another attendee was captured on video climbing a decorative structure before falling to the ground when the fabric ripped beneath him. He survived, but suffered 6 broken ribs, a broken collarbone and pneumothorax (collapsed lung).
One witness described a chaotic scene following the 45-year-old man’s fatal fall, alleging that while it was apparent to onlookers that the man had died before his body was removed, an MC reportedly told the crowd he was alive and restarted the set before the emergency vehicle had safely cleared the area.
The same witness added that a woman was subsequently struck by a responding emergency vehicle as it navigated through the dense crowd. The crew, focused on the fatality, reportedly failed to offer her immediate assistance despite visible signs of shock and pain.
Organizers expressed their deep condolences to the families of both victims and announced that all music programming across the grounds, including at the Pumpui stage, would end at midnight out of respect for those affected.
Ozora Festival has not yet issued a public response regarding the specific allegations of crowd control and emergency response missteps. The festival, which has already seen a stabbing and a wave of drug arrests earlier in the week, is scheduled to conclude on 4 August.