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By David Wilson Las Vegas Review-Journal

August 11, 2022 - 5:37 pm

Updated August 12, 2022 - 9:16 am

The Clark County coroner’s office Thursday ruled that the death of a Lovers & Friends Festival concertgoer was an accident.

Jacqueline Torres Espinoza, 22, of Las Vegas, died from cardiac dysrhythmia in the setting of combined psilocin and ethanol use. Her other significant conditions were obesity and cardiomegaly, according to the coroner.

Torres Espinoza died on May 14 at Valley Hospital Medical Center around 7:30 p.m.

The festival took place on the Strip over two days in May.

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