CORAL GABLES, Fla. – A senior at the University of Miami died over the weekend after attending the Ultra Music Festival.
Ray Martinez, the chief of security at Ultra, confirmed Sunday that Adam C. Levine was at the festival Friday night.
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"We don't have many details, but we can tell you that our security personnel noticed he was having difficulties and immediately called Miami Fire Rescue to get him medical attention," Martinez said in a statement. "From what we have been told, paramedics initiated medial treatment and transported him to Jackson Memorial Hospital."
Martinez said that the 21-year-old political science student died at the hospital.
"I personally contacted Adam's family yesterday and offered them our condolences," Martinez said. "We are saddened by their loss and our thoughts are with them."
An obituary that ran in Restonnow.com said that the student died following complications from a seizure. However, an official cause of death hasn't been released by the Miami-Dade County medical examiner.
The security staff at Ultra are working with the Miami Police Department and the Miami-Dade Medical County Examiner as they investigate, Martinez said.
The university acknowledged Levine's death on its Facebook page Saturday night with a statement from Patricia A. Whitely, vice president for student affairs.
“I know the UM community will join me in supporting Adam’s family and his many friends and honoring Adam’s memory during this difficult time,” the statement read.
The university said Levine, who was originally from Reston, Virginia, was involved in Greek life and student government. They also say he studied abroad in Australia and had decided to apply to dental school.
Levine's family and friends describe him as being a caring and thoughtful person with big dreams for the future.
"His infectious personality," Harry Kroll, who was Levine's pledge brother in Alpha Epsilon Pi, said. "Really did enhance everyone else's life and I think the hard part for all of us is to know that someone who made everyone else life so much better had to be taken from us."
Kroll was Levine's roommate for three semesters and said his friend was the "most popular kid on this entire campus."
"It was amazing how many people he knew," Kroll said. "Not just the amount of people he knew but the effect he had on them. His infectious personality really did enhance everyone's life."
Levine served in student government and was a Greek officer. Those who knew Levine are now trying to support one another as they mourn him.
"Everyone has been very supportive," Kroll said. "The outpouring of support has been inspiring and comforting. We are leaning on each other."
Levine's funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the North Virginia Hebrew Congregation, 1441 Wiehle Ave., in Reston, Virginia.