Inquest Rules MDMA Death for Student at Liverpool Rave

A 19-year-old university student from Northern Ireland died after collapsing from an apparent seizure at a Halloween rave in Liverpool, an inquest has concluded, with the cause linked to MDMA intoxication.

Olivia Wojciechowska, a second-year business student at Liverpool John Moores University, suffered the collapse on November 1, 2024, during an event at Blackstone Street Warehouse in Vauxhall. Witnesses, including friends, reported seeing her consume the drug ecstasy, also known as MDMA, shortly before the incident around 10:05 p.m. She was quickly moved to a welfare tent, where staff applied bags of ice to lower her rising body temperature. Paramedics arrived soon after, transporting her to Royal Liverpool University Hospital by 11:45 p.m.

At the hospital, medical teams intubated Wojciechowska and placed her on a ventilator as her condition deteriorated. Tests showed declining liver and kidney function, leading to medication and dialysis treatment. By November 3, she had been approved for a liver transplant and was transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on November 5. A CT scan that day indicated she was unlikely to survive, and she passed away two days later...