18-year-old dies after falling ill at Glasgow’s SWG3 club
The tragedy is the third death in four months at the club
A teenager has died after attending a party at Glasgow’s SWG3 club on New Year’s Day.
After falling ill at the venue, the 18-year-old woman was taken to hospital where she later died on Tuesday (2nd January).
A spokesperson for SWG3 said that after “spotting that she was in distress, our staff swiftly intervened, bringing her to the venue’s medical unit for examination” [via BBC].
The spokesperson continued: "The on-site medical team, composed of qualified and experienced professionals, promptly called for an ambulance as her condition deteriorated. Regrettably, despite these efforts, she did not survive."
Police Scotland are looking at drugs as one line of inquiry.
In a statement shared via social media on Saturday (7th January), SWG3 offered its condolences to the woman’s loved ones and noted it has been in contact with her family. “We are truly devastated by the tragic death of a young woman who attended the venue on 1 January,” the statement reads, “and our thoughts are with her loved ones at this extremely difficult time.”
The nightclub – which is located in Glasgow’s West End district – said it took “significant measures” to prevent drugs entering the venue and that it would close over the weekend as a mark of respect. It comes after the deaths of two teenagers at the nightclub in August, which were investigated by police as drug-related.
The venue added that it has paused some upcoming events to “re-examine and consider the wider factors that can lead to such heartbreaking incidents”.
Read the full statement from SWG3 below.
