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AN ALBURY man has died after being found unconscious at a music festival in Penrith.
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The 26-year-old was found in a tent at the Defqon.1 festival at the Sydney International Regatta Centre about 11pm Saturday.
His friends performed first aid until paramedics arrived and he was taken to Nepean Hospital but later died.
Police will investigate whether the man took drugs at the event.
A coronial investigation is underway and police say toxicology results will be pivotal to the investigation.
The toxicology report is likely to take several weeks.
Police arrested 46 people for drug offences during the three-day event, including four for drug supply, with two people caught with 46 pills believed to be MDMA.
Nine people were taken to hospital by paramedics.
Detective Inspector Grant Healey said friends and family members were often the ones affected by drug-taking.
“They live with the scars for the rest of their life,” the ABC quoted him as saying.
"Quite often they are the ones doing first aid, watching their friends pass away.
“So if you're taking those drugs, just remember they don't just affect you.
“Festivals and dance parties aren't the problem, it's people making poor adult decisions that are the problem.
“People are dying from taking drugs.
“People have got to realise if you put something in your mouth, you don't know what it is, it can kill you.”
One person reported on social media that paramedics had performed CPR on the man for about half an hour.
They said his condition had quickly deteriorated.
A spokesman for the event said the organiser’s “thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends” and said they were “shocked and affected by this tragic event”.
The incident follows the death of a man at the same festival in 2013.
James Munro, 23, died of a drug overdose after reportedly taking three pills.
The festival’s website warns that drug use carries a range of risks.
“Our highest priority during is to create a memorable and above all safe Defqon.1 experience for everyone who comes to party with us,” it states.
“We want to make you aware that the use of illicit substances carries a range of health risks including the possibility of death, and is strictly forbidden at this event.”