The loss of life of a younger Brazilian fan who fell ailing at a live performance by US singer Taylor Swift in sweltering Rio de Janeiro final month was attributable to warmth exhaustion, police mentioned on Wednesday (Dec 27).
Ana Clara Benevides, 23, collapsed at the Nilton Santos Stadium on Nov 17 whereas attending the primary of six exhibits that Swift carried out in Brazil as a part of The Eras Tour.
Benevides was taken to an on-site medical station and later transferred to the Salgado Filho Hospital, the place she died.
The live performance got here amid Brazil’s record-breaking heat-wave in November, with Rio recording on that day its highest-ever ranges on the time of the so-called warmth index, which mixes temperature and humidity, at 59.3 levels Celsius.
A police report printed on Wednesday mentioned Benevides suffered warmth exhaustion that led to cardiovascular and respiratory points, citing “alveolar hemorrhage and polyvisceral congestion attributable to diffuse publicity to warmth” because the official reason behind loss of life.
Toxicological exams didn’t point out alcohol or medicine in her blood, the report mentioned.
Benevides had travelled from Mato Grosso do Sul state in midwest Brazil to Rio to attend the live performance.
Present organisers T4F acknowledged they could have taken more measures to assist followers address the acute warmth in Rio, together with altering the beginning time for exhibits and publicising that followers may enter with cups of water.
Rio police opened a probe into the agency final month.
“Firm representatives can be referred to as to offer clarifications following this report,” police mentioned in an announcement on Wednesday, including that the investigation was ongoing.
Following the information of Benevides’ loss of life, Swift wrote on Instagram that she had a “shattered coronary heart” and was “devastated”.
She postponed her second Rio live performance the subsequent day attributable to scorching warmth, however went forward with the remaining exhibits on the Brazilian leg of The Eras Tour.