According to the deputy superintendent for Boston EMS, 50 people were treated or evaluated at the scene, and 36 other patients were transported to hospitals from the Garden.
According to BostonGlobe, The concert took on heightened urgency when medical emergency services declared a Phase 2 MCI, indicating about 30 people needed to be taken to hospitals. There were numerous ambulances and a Boston EMS emergency trailer, along with Boston police, at the scene. Mike Santostefano, 19, of Millis, said he saw three young women being carried out on stretchers.
"You couldn't breathe if you were on the floor," he said. "It was the best and worst time ever."
He said he saw "a lot of people who couldn't handle themselves. People who don't do drugs come here and do drugs."
Boston EMS responded to the Garden at about 8:30 p.m. after calls for two people in need of medical assistance outside. Private ambulances transported the majority of the patients. Police are investigating and are speaking with officials for TD Garden, Gross said. Officials at the Garden could not be reached for comment Wednesday night. According to Gross, large incidents involving drug and alcohol problems are common at techno concerts. "We've seen this type of behavior, alcohol, abuse of other drugs, before, " Gross said.
He said the concertgoers mostly ranged in age from 16 to 25. Police plan to interview concertgoers at the hospitals.
Drug and alcohol overuse at EDM — electronic dance music — concerts have prompted increased scrutiny in recent years.
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