Three deaths reported at Nevada's Burning Man festival
Authorities said three attendees died during this year's Burning Man event in the Black Rock Desert, with two deaths occurring on site and a third en route to a hospital.
Three participants died during the weeklong Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, officials said. One man, identified as Sampson Tshombe, was found unresponsive on a festival street on Thursday and was taken to a temporary medical facility on the grounds, where he later died, according to a statement from the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office. Two days later, 60-year-old Craig Mann was discovered deceased in a trailer he shared with his partner; the sheriff’s office did not disclose a cause of death but said foul play was not suspected. A third festivalgoer died while being transported to a hospital in Reno, sheriff Jerry Allen confirmed in a report. No further details on the circumstances of the deaths have been released.