Inside Sydney’s deadly Knockout Festival

Harrowing footage has emerged of paramedics trying to resuscitate a young festival goer during Sydney’s deadly Knockout Festival.

Two men died while six other partygoers ended up in hospital after attending the event at Sydney Olympic Park on Saturday evening.

A festival goer sitting in the stands shared images of festival emergency responders and medical staff providing first aid to an unwell reveler who was protected by a sheet.

They are surrounded by hundreds of revelers, most of whom are unaware of the medical emergency unfolding just meters away.

NSW Ambulance is yet to confirm to Daily Mail Australia whether the images are of Mr Lee.

However, Aussies who attended the festival claimed the treated man died.

“My buddy was sitting right next to him. That was the man who died,” one person wrote.

Other shocked revelers recalled paramedics treating other festival goers after the mercury rose above 35 degrees Celsius earlier in the afternoon.

“The number of people I have seen being carried on stretchers and into ambulances is ridiculous,” one person wrote.

Another added: “That was our first rave last night and I couldn’t believe how many times towards the end of the show people were being dragged out on ambo carts.”

A third wrote: ‘My friends and I had to help a guy who was rolling in the mud until the doctor arrived because security refused to touch him or treat him like a human. Pay attention to your safety.’

The Knockout Outdoor festival attracted 53,000 people, 27 of whom were charged with drug possession and four with supplying illegal substances.

Jason Lee, 26, died after attending the festival.

Mr Lee called his girlfriend Julia An and asked her to come look for him at around 11:44 pm. Moments later he collapsed, was rushed to hospital in critical condition and died.

Another festivalgoer, 21, later collapsed at a hotel on George St, Chippendale. He was rushed to St Vincent’s Hospital and died.

He was rushed to St Vincent’s Hospital, where he also died.

NSW Police are investigating whether Mr Lee or the unnamed 21-year-old had used drugs before their deaths.

“It is not being specifically treated as a suspected drug overdose,” Detective Inspector Simon Glasser told reporters on Sunday.

‘We are looking at all possibilities. Anything could have happened.”

Despite this, Chief Inspector Glasser warned of the dangers of taking illegal substances at the festivals.

“This shows that people can die at music festivals,” he said.

‘Drugs can have terrible consequences. If you combine that with yesterday’s heat, it is an additional risk factor that can have adverse consequences.’

Revelers have echoed renewed calls from NSW government advocates to introduce pill testing at music festivals similar to the ACT.

Some reported that festival goers were using multiple drugs at the same time due to the presence of drug dogs at the festival.

Other revelers reported a bad batch of drugs circulating in Sydney.

“(I) had noticed that the quality is more crap than usual, but that suppliers also market drugs to make a profit, and things like that happen because our government refuses to allow pill testing,” one person wrote. .

The two festival goers died during the first weekend of the festival season in Sydney, which kicked off with Knockout.

That same evening, across the city, another 27,000 people attended the Listen Out festival in Centennial Park, where a number of partygoers were also treated by paramedics.

The NSW Government has been urged to introduce pill testing in the hope of preventing more deaths this festival season.

Jennifer Ross-King broke down in tears as she expressed her condolences to the men’s families.

She lost her own daughter Alex, 19, who tragically died of a drug overdose while attending the FOMO festival in Sydney’s west almost five years ago in January 2019.

A coronial inquest later found she died of MDMA poisoning after the teenager took two capsules before entering the Parramatta venue so she wouldn’t be caught by police.

“I am so sorry to the families of the two young people who have died,” an emotional Ms Ross-King told reporters on Monday.

“I’m so sorry that you are now in the same position as me and so many other families unnecessarily.”

She made a strong plea to NSW Premier Chris Minns.

“I beg you to make a change now so that no one else loses their child,” Ms Ross-King pleaded.

Greens MP Faerhmann added: ‘It is incredibly frustrating that governments only seem to act when there is a crisis, but after the crisis they have only done committee reports and then not acted on the recommendations.’

“It’s going to be a very hot summer and a very dangerous summer unless Chris Minns does something.”

But Health Minister Ryan Park said pill testing would not be a silver bullet to stop deaths or serious harm from illicit drug use.

“We all have a role to play in this space, but no specific initiative will provide complete coverage and ensure everyone goes home safely,” he said.