Gemma Thoms died in hospital last night after passing out during the Big Day Out 2009 music festival yesterday.
Witnesses said Gemma took 3 ecstasy tablets before entering the festival's gates after she spotted police searching people for drugs. Not long after she passed out in the 36 degree heat and was rushed to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, she did not regain concsiousness and was pronounced dead overnight.
Friends of 17-year-old Gemma Thoms, have poured out their grief on social networking site Facebook. The group set up to mourn the young apprentice hairdresser, it is named BDO 09 Tragedy - R.I.P Gemma Thoms
