Natalie Neysa Alund

nalund@tennessean.com

Arrests have more than tripled at Bonnaroo since day one of the four-day musical festival in Manchester, Tenn., law enforcement overseeing the event said Sunday.

Since Thursday, authorities have arrested 36 people and cited more than 225, said Coffee County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lucky Knott.

The arrests consist of charges including disorderly conduct and illegal possession of a controlled substance for harder drugs such as LSD, Molly and Ecstasy — all typical cases connected to Bonnaroo, Knott said.

The arrests are as follows: 18 by deputies, eight by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, eight by Manchester police and two by Tullahoma police.

Meanwhile Knott said citation numbers have remained on par, averaging about 75 per day. As of Sunday afternoon, Knott said, authorities were still gathering the exact number.

A majority of the citations have stemmed from public intoxication on the farm's grounds during the 15th annual Bonnaroo festival.

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Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Chief Jerry Brown said since the start of the festival firefighters overseeing the festival have responded to calls for carbon monoxide alarms, grass fires and propane tank gas leaks.

No one was injured in any of those incidents, and as of late Sunday morning, Coffee County EMS Manager Paul Tibbs said no major medical incidents had been reported on the farm.

"There really hasn't been a trend," Tibbs said. "Just a variety of calls for things like heat exhaustion and abdominal pain. There have also been a few calls for respiratory because of the dryness and dust."

According to a statement from Bonnaroo organizers, a male festival attendee was taken by LifeFlight to a hospital Friday morning for an unspecified medical condition.

Tibbs said the helicopter did not land at the festival but that the attendee was at a local hospital before he was transferred out to another hospital by the medical helicopter.

Meanwhile another Bonnaroo attendee was killed early Saturday. Highway patrol officers say he ran into the median on Interstate 24 eastbound and was struck by two vehicles, including a tractor-trailer.

The THP identified the man as 22-year-old Louisville, Ky., resident Casey J. Young, who died during the crash, which took place about 1 a.m. near mile marker 112.

As of 2 p.m. Sunday, temperatures remained in the low 90s.

Both law enforcement and authorities recommend festival attendees stock up on fluids, stay hydrated and seek shade as much as possible.

Last year, there were 76 arrests made by all law enforcement agencies, up from 60 in 2014.

Knott said the 2015 arrests also were mostly for drug charges, public intoxication and driving under the influence.

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