Man Arrested Over Expo Death

Authorities in New Mexico have arrested a man that they claim sold drugs to a 14-year-old girl who subsequently died during an electronic dance music concert at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque earlier this year.

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If convicted, Eric Stone faces up to 28 years in prison on three counts of distributing a controlled substance to a minor, police told the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Hannah Bruch took MDMA, or ecstasy, along with an over-the-counter allergy medication containing diphenhydramine before she and friends entered the venue Aug. 10 for a “Foam Wonderland” party.

A security guard found the girl ill and she later died in a hospital.

According to an autopsy report obtained by the paper, Bruch took five doses of ecstasy, but died from the combination of the allergy medication and ecstasy.

“The amount of MDMA alone is sufficient to cause death, however, combining it with a high amount of diphenhydramine would be especially lethal,” the medical examiner wrote. “The manner of death is accident.”

Police did not find negligence on the part of the Expo or the security company.

Expo New Mexico announced it would cease electronic dance music events following the incident.

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