Girl, 17, spiked at Leeds Festival reveals how she 'almost died' and was left 'unable to breathe'

A teenager has spoken of her horror after she was spiked at Leeds Festival over the weekend, saying she has 'never felt pain like it' and was left 'unable to breathe'.

Maria Mendes, 17, was supposed to enjoy a fun trip to the popular festival with friends. But what should have been a weekend of music and memories turned into a nightmare, after she blacked out 'nearly lost her life'.

In a viral TikTok she told of how she enjoyed one alcoholic drink in her tent with friends before heading out to the main area, where she only drank water. But she said she suddenly turned dizzy and started vomiting, and was unable to stay on her feet. Her friends took her to the medical tent at Leeds Festival before she "had a four minute long seizure and almost died", reports YorkshireLive.

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Maria was rushed to hospital in an ambulance after lying unconscious in the medical tent, and remembers waking up to her mum "crying and praying I would live".

"I never thought this would be me," she said. "I was in the crowd and started feeling unwell and dizzy. I couldn’t stand on my own and I was throwing up. I couldn't see and everything went black.

"I was unconscious in the medical tent for so long until I had a four minute long seizure. I had to have a tube in my nose as I couldn’t breathe.

"I nearly died as a seizure that lasts nearly five minutes is a medical emergency. My mum thought I was going to die."

Maria said she's "never felt pain like it" and days later she is still in pain. She added: "I woke up scared and alone in a CT scanner. No one deserves this."

The teen believes she was spiked via injection. The music lover, who has also attended Wireless Festival