Overview

• The on-site Aicher-Ambulanz was alerted at 6:13 a.m., arrived about four minutes later, and performed roughly 30 minutes of resuscitation without success.
• Officials identified the deceased as a male employee of a Schaustellerbetrieb who was found behind the Ferris wheel near the showmen’s caravan area.
• Authorities currently treat the case as a likely medical emergency, with the ambulance service indicating a probable cardiac arrest.
• Munich’s Kriminaldauerdienst has taken over the investigation as a routine step to determine the exact cause of death.
• This is the second death linked to the festival environment this year, following the death of an approximately 70-year-old female show worker at the start of the event.