Drunk Heavy Metal Fan Dies In Accident At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
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37-year-old heavy metal fan was killed in a tragic accident
A 37-year-old heavy metal fan was killed in a tragic accident at Germany's Wacken Open Air
festival early Friday morning (August 5). The accident reportedly
occured at about 12:25 a.m. on the Bokelrehmer Weg near the adjoining
camping ground. An apparently very drunk festival attendee from
Rendsburg was walking in the bushes near the road with a friend. As he
emerged, he tumbled and fell backwards. In the fall, he hit the side of
an ambulance driving past at slow speed. The Rendsburg man was
critically injured, and despite immediate medical attention, was
pronounced dead a short time later at Itzehoe medical clinic. The
43-year-old ambulance driver and his partner, as well as the friend of
the victim, suffered shock and received psychological counselling.