David Granado Jr, 30, of San Jose, died Thursday, four days after suffering a traumatic brain injury while attending the Vans Warped Tour in Long Beach, as Bay Area News Group reports. His family is still trying to determine what happened during a roughly 90-minute period after they became separated at the festival, saying they don’t know whether he was struck, fell after becoming dehydrated or overheated, or was injured some other way.
According to social posts by Granado’s brother, Alejandro, Granado was last seen around 5 pm during Thrice’s set. The family later learned he had been taken to the festival’s medical tent before being transported to a hospital around 8:19 pm, where he underwent multiple surgeries but never recovered. Alejandro said Granado apparently walked himself to the medical tent, but the family still doesn’t know exactly when or where he sustained the fatal injury.
Commenters on Reddit and Facebook say they believe they encountered Granado during the festival. One attendee recalled seeing him being wheeled away by medics carrying a vomit bag near one of the stages, while another said he appeared sweaty, disoriented, and had blood on his face after apparently leaving a mosh pit before later seeing him receiving medical attention…