Taylor Swift fan attending Rio live performance died of warmth exhaustion, forensics report says

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Heat exhaustion is the reason for demise of a Brazilian fan who attended a live performance of singer Taylor Swift in November, a forensics report obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday reveals.

23-year-old Ana Clara Benevides handed out throughout Swift’s second tune within the Nov. 17 live performance in Rio de Janeiro, “Cruel Summer,” and died hours later at a neighborhood hospital. Temperatures within the metropolis that day have been at about 40 levels Celsius (105 Fahrenheit).

Fans lined up for hours earlier than the present, and plenty of accused organizers of failing to ship sufficient water provides for the greater than 60,000 attending the live performance on the Nilton Santos Stadium. They mentioned they weren’t allowed to take their very own water into the stadium.

The report by Rio’s Forensic Medical Institute mentioned Benevides‘ heat exposure led to a cardiorespiratory arrest. It also said she did not have preexisting conditions or substance abuse that could have led to her death.

The forensics expert who analyzed her body said in the document she had “serious compromise of her lungs and sudden death” due to the heat.

One of Benevides’ pals, who additionally attended the live performance, instructed native media retailers in November that they had been given water whereas ready to enter the stadium.

Organizers T4F didn’t instantly reply a request for remark from the AP. CEO Serafim Abreu mentioned in a video days after Benevides‘ death the company would change its protocols for events under extreme heat. He also said T4F would offer assistance to her family.

The office of Rio’s public prosecutor has opened a prison investigation. Rio police mentioned in an announcement on Wednesday that after the forensics report is analyzed “representatives of the company organizing the event will be called to testify.”

Benevides’ demise shook many in Brazil. She had taken her first flight to journey from the nation’s center-west area to see her favourite singer.

In an announcement posted on Instagram after the demise, Swift mentioned the case had left her with a “shattered heart.”