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Munich Oktoberfest Opens With One Death and Record 500 Medical Deployments

Police say the pre-opening collapse was a medical emergency without third-party involvement.

Overview

  • A woman of about 70 collapsed in the showmen's caravan area before the gates opened and died on site despite immediate resuscitation.
  • Aicher Ambulanz reported its team, including two doctors, arrived roughly three minutes after the emergency call and began CPR.
  • The police Wiesn-watch assumed further measures, and a crisis intervention team is supporting the deceased's relatives.
  • By early evening the Wiesn medical service logged around 500 deployments, which it called a record for an opening day.
  • Responders treated a suspected stroke, five minor injuries from the rush onto the grounds, cuts and allergic or circulatory reactions, and severe alcohol poisoning in an 18-year-old US visitor measuring 2.9‰.