Colin Atagi

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INDIO – An Oakland woman collapsed while attending the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and later died at a local hospital.

Kimchi Truong, 24, was pronounced dead 2:25 p.m. Thursday at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, according to the Riverside County Coroner's office.

Paramedics took her to John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio after she collapsed Friday. She was transferred to Desert Regional, where she died.

Investigators haven't ruled out a drug overdose as the cause of death, but an autopsy and toxicology examination will be performed to identify other factors, said Sgt. Curt James of the coroner's division.

Concert promoter Goldenvoice issued a statement regarding Truong's death:

"Last weekend, a festival attendee suffered an apparent drug overdose. The individual was seen by on-site medical staff and later transferred to JFK Memorial Hospital and later to Desert Regional Medical Center. We are saddened to learn the individual has died. We believe this to be an unfortunate but isolated incident.

Our thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends."

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Several friends tweeted condolences to Truong on Twitter.

"Definitely gone too soon," tweeted @themikelegend.

@lynnaxchoi tweeted, "Heaven received a beautiful angel today. U made a good friend of mine the happiest I've ever seen and I'll 4ever thank u for that."

Indio police spokesman Ben Guitron said he didn't know if it was the first time someone died after being taken to a hospital from the polo fields, but he added people have died in the past after returning to their hotels.

"Whatever they got involved in, we just know they were a concert goer," he said.

In 2008, La Mesa resident Benjamin Muller, 21, was found unconscious about a quarter mile north of the concert.

He was at a campground on private property in the 82-500 block of Avenue 50.