University scholar, 19, dies after collapsing at Ok-Pop Demon Hunters-themed rave
Olivia Wojciechowska, 19, was attending a K-Pop Demon Hunters-themed party at Blackstock Market when she suffered an apparent seizure and was rushed to the Royal Liverpool Hospital
Olivia Wojciechowska, 19, was a second year student at Liverpool John Moores
A university student tragically passed away after suddenly collapsing at a Halloween rave. Olivia Wojciechowska, 19, was enjoying a K-Pop Demon Hunters-themed bash at Blackstock Market when she suffered what appeared to be a seizure and was rushed to the Royal Liverpool Hospital.
Her condition worsened and she was moved to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, where she sadly died on November 7, 2025.
An inquest at Liverpool Coroners’ Court today (March 16), heard how Olivia, a second year business student at Liverpool John Moores University, had attended the Halloween rave at Blackstock Market in Vauxhall on November 1 last year.
Prior to the event, she took a taxi to Scarlett’s house, where she disclosed she had MDMA (ecstasy) in her possession, reports the Liverpool Echo.
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The friends arrived at “The Upside Down: Rise of the Demon Hunters” rave at approximately 4pm, with Scarlett stating she witnessed Olivia taking MDMA roughly one to two hours afterwards.
Another group member reported seeing Olivia consuming MDMA before she collapsed at around 10.05pm. She was rushed to a welfare tent, where staff utilised bags of ice in an attempt to reduce her temperature.
An ambulance was summoned and she was transported to Royal Liverpool Hospital, arriving at 11.45pm.
She was rushed to the emergency department, where she was intubated and connected to a ventilator. Her liver and kidney functions declined and she was administered medication and put on dialysis.
On November 3, she was approved for a liver transplant, and was moved to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on November 5. However, a CT scan that day “confirmed that sadly Olivia was unlikely to survive”, and she passed away two days later before the transplant could be performed.
A post-mortem examination determined her cause of death to be multi-organ failure, acute liver failure, and drug intoxication. As a registered organ donor, Olivia donated her lungs and heart, thereby saving two other lives.
Coroner Helen Rimmer, recording a verdict of a drug-related death, stated: “Olivia did donate her lungs and her heart prior to her death, and she has given that gift of life to at least two individuals and she has saved two other people.
“I accept the medical cause of death as multi-organ failure, acute liver failure and drug intoxication. She had consumed ecstasy at a rave event in Liverpool on November 1 with fatal consequences.”
Her friend Scarlett Tonna paid tribute and said: “She (Olivia) was hilarious, she was always the life of the party. She’d always love going out and being involved in all the socials. She was in the Cheer Society at John Moores and she’d go out with them and dress up.”
Another friend, Niamh Bosher, added: “Her first week she came as a bumble bee. Then she came as a pineapple with these massive feathers on her head. She always loved to dress up and go out.”
Scarlet shared: “She loved uni, she had so many friends here. She was loved by so many people. (Losing her) was awful for everyone. We had a memorial walk a few days after she passed away and there were hundreds and hundreds of people there who knew her and cared about her.
“We did a fundraiser and thousands of people donated to it, and it racked up quite a lot of money. She was honestly so popular and everyone loved her.”
After her passing, Olivia was brought back to Northern Ireland, where her funeral service was held at St Colmcille’s Church, East Belfast, on December 12 last year.
Niamh shared: “It seemed like every time you’d go out with Liv, every five minutes you’d stop and talk to someone. She knew everyone and everyone knew her.
“On her birthday we went down the docks and laid flowers down, and a few other people went down too. The Cheer Society’s doing a charity event for the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust that helped her get home. Everybody still thinks about her and they’re still planning things.”
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