{"id":2022854,"date":"2023-09-05T22:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T02:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-attendees-death-suspected-drug-intoxication-coroner\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T22:26:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T02:26:46","slug":"burning-man-attendees-death-suspected-drug-intoxication-coroner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-attendees-death-suspected-drug-intoxication-coroner\/","title":{"rendered":"Coroner suspects drug intoxication in Burning Man attendee&#8217;s death."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fburning-man-attendees-death-suspected-drug-intoxication-coroner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2022854&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tragedy Strikes at Burning Man Festival\u2063 Amidst Heavy Rainstorm<\/h2>\n<p>In the midst of\u200d a torrential rainstorm that trapped tens of thousands of people at Burning Man, \u2063a tragic death has been\u200c reported, suspected to \u2063be due to drug intoxication.<\/p>\n<p>Leon Reece, a 32-year-old from Truckee, California, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-snipers-protect-rescue-divers-in-alligator-infested-pond-after-florida-car-accident\/\" title=\"Police Snipers Protect Rescue Divers In Alligator-Infested Pond After Florida Car Accident\">pronounced dead late<\/a>\u2063 on September\u200d 1st after being discovered unresponsive at \u2064the 2023 Burning\u200b Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200b the rain causing delays in\u200d accessing the area\u200b where Reece was found, the Pershing County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has stated that weather did not appear to be a factor in his death.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Story<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/deadly-burning-man-festival-sees-mass-exodus-as-tens-of-thousands-remain-stranded-5486764\">Deadly Burning\u200d Man Festival Sees Mass Exodus as Tens of Thousands Remain Stranded<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/5\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On September 5th, officials from the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner\u2019s Office\u2064 announced the \u2062preliminary results of Mr. Reece&#8217;s \u2064death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cause and manner of death are pending investigation, but drug intoxication is suspected,\u201d the office said in\u200b a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062festival had been closed to vehicles due to over half an inch of rain on September 1st, causing flooding and deep mud. More heavy rain followed on September 2nd, leaving attendees \u2064in a virtual lockdown and\u2062 advised to conserve food, water, and fuel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After a 2 p.m. \u2062announcement, thousands of people began \u200dtheir departure from the Burning Man\u200b site on September 4th, marking\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dem-mocks-republican-colleagues-impoverished-upbringing\/\" title=\"House Dem Mocks Republican Colleague\u2019s Impoverished Upbringing\">mass exodus<\/a> as they were informed they could leave by\u200c vehicle.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A line of vehicles waits in a\u200d 7.5-hour line to exit the Burning Man festival in Black Rock, Nev., on Sep. 4, 2023. (John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Amidst the congestion, organizers asked attendees to consider delaying their departure until\u2062 September 5th to alleviate\u200b traffic \u200dthroughout the day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\u201cConsider delaying your departure \u2063from Black Rock City until Tuesday 9\/5. This will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-ceo-says-there-is-no-cause-for-panic-amid-chaos\/\" title=\"Burning Man CEO assures no need to panic amidst chaos.\">alleviate large amounts<\/a> of congestion throughout the day today,\u200c Monday 9\/4,&#8221; \u200bread an update \u200bon the official <a href=\"https:\/\/burningman.org\/event\/wetplaya2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Burning \u200bMan \u200bCEO Marian Goodell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/burning-man-ceo-says-there-is-no-cause-for-panic-amid-chaos-5486055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told people to stay \u2063calm<\/a>, adding \u2064that &#8220;there is no cause for panic.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve made it really clear that we do not see\u200d this as an evacuation situation,\u201d Ms. Goodell told NBC News on\u200d September 3rd. \u201cThe water is drying up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event\u200d began on August 27th and was scheduled to \u2062end \u2062on the morning of \u200dSeptember 4th, with\u200b attendees responsible for packing up and cleaning\u200c up after themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers also\u2064 requested\u200b that attendees not walk out of the Black Rock Desert, about 110 miles north of Reno, as some had done throughout the \u2062weekend, without \u200cspecifying the reason.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, the event reaches its peak with the burning of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burning-man-attendees-death-suspected-drug-intoxication-coroner\/\" title=\"Coroner suspects drug intoxication in Burning Man attendee's death.\">massive wooden effigy<\/a> known as &#8220;the Man&#8221; and a temple structure \u2064on the final two\u200d evenings.\u200d However, this year, these burnings were\u200b delayed as officials worked to\u2062 clear exit paths by the end of the \u2064Labor Day weekend.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Attendees \u200dgather to watch\u200d the burning of &#8220;The\u200c Chapel of Babel,&#8221; a work of art by Michael \u200cBurlington, during \u2064the annual Burning Man Festival \u200din the early morning of Sept. 5, \u200d2023. (Julie Jammot\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Monday night, &#8220;The Man&#8221; was set\u2062 ablaze, while the burning of the temple is scheduled for \u20638 p.m. on \u2063Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The event&#8217;s website\u2063 notes that each year, upwards of 60,000 people travel to the remote region in northwest Nevada for art, dance, and community.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2064year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armed-private-security-now-patrolling-portlands-downtown-after-city-slashes-police-funding\/\" title=\"Armed Private Security Now Patrolling Portland\u2019s Downtown After City Slashes Police Funding\">local news sources<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a rainstorm at Burning Man, a death occurred, possibly caused by drug intoxication. Leon Reece, 32, from Truckee, California, was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the 2023 festival in Black Rock Desert, Nevada. 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