Bonnaroo’s hot in every wayMANCHESTER, Tenn. – Death has unfortunately come to the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. A 22-year-old Kentucky man was killed around 1 a.m. Saturday trying to run across Interstate 24 near the festival. He ran into traffic and was hit by an oncoming car after bouncing off the side of a tractor-trailer, authorities said.
The man was wearing a Bonnaroo T-shirt and admission wristband, which was used to identify him.
Deaths are not unheard of at the annual event, where people come to camp out and party for four days in usually hot and humid weather. Authorities said deaths also occurred in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011.
Officials said this man had alcohol and drugs in his system.
Inside the festival, Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves said things have been relatively calm so far, despite intense heat.