A BOOMTOWN festival goer who died after a medical emergency has been named, as the inquest into his death has been opened.
Benjamin Thomas Dinan Buckfield, 22, of St Mary's View, Saffron Walden, Essex, died at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Romsey Road, Winchester, on August 11 last year, a court heard.
The inquest into Mr Buckfield's death was opened at Winchester Coroners' Court on Thursday, February 27 by area coroner Jason Pegg.
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Mr Pegg said that Mr Buckfield, who was attending the Boomtown Festival at the Matterley Estate, was taken to hospital after collapsing. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Boomtown is a five-day theatre and music festival held annually on the Matterley Estate in South Downs National Park, near Winchester.
Mr Pegg gave the preliminary cause of death as Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) Toxicity.
The full inquest into Mr Buckfield's death has been adjourned to January 27 next year.
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