A LAW student died after taking ecstasy for the first time on a bus heading to Radio 1’s Big Weekend festival.

Calum Gill, 21, swallowed a killer dose after hiding the drug in paracetamol capsules, an inquest heard yesterday.

6 Gifted student Calum died aged 21 after taking ecstasy Credit: Ben Lack

Two pals who were heading with him to May’s music extravaganza in Hull, where he was at university, told how he began acting strangely.

They were upstairs on the double decker heading to the event — starring Stormzy, Rita Ora and Katy Perry — when Calum had a seizure and slumped to the floor.

An off-duty nurse battled to save the “talented” student after a policewoman and another passenger carried him off the bus.

Calum, who was weeks away from graduating with a degree in Law and European studies, died hours later in hospital after suffering three heart attacks.

6 Calum was heading to Radio 1's Big Weekend in Hull when he took the ecstasy pill Credit: Getty - Contributor

6 Calum was described as having the world at his feet Credit: Ben Lack

6 Calum had taken an ecstasy pill containing a lethal dose of the Class A drug MDMA Credit: Alamy

6 Rita Ora was among the headliners at the music festival, as were Stormzy and Katy Perry Credit: Getty - Contributor

6 The music festival took place in May and drew large crowds Credit: Getty - Contributor

His tearful family, from Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, were at his bedside. He had taken 2,313mg of the Class A drug MDMA.

Pathologist Dr Laszlo Karsai told Hull coroner’s court: “Levels above 1,800 are in the toxic range and anything beyond that can be fatal.” Coroner Oliver Longstaff recorded a verdict of misadventure. He said the student had been “on the cusp of life with the world at his feet”.

Calum’s dad Andrew said: “The tragedy of such unfulfilled potential is hard to bear.”