Boston suspends nightclub after woman collapses on dance floor, dies
The City of Boston has suspended the license of a downtown nightclub while it investigates an incident in which a woman collapsed on the dance floor over the weekend and later died, according to media reports.
ICON nightclub's entertainment license was suspended on Wednesday, Boston 25 reported.
Anastaiya Colon collapsed while dancing with friends and family at ICON around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, the news outlet reported Monday . She was taken to a hospital, and on Tuesday her family confirmed she had died.
Her former partner, Bonnell Stackhouse, posted on Facebook Tuesday morning confirming Colon died.
"For those that don't know, my son's mother Anastaiya Colon has officially passed," Stackhouse wrote. "She was the greatest mother to our son and her daughter."
Colon's sister, Angelica Morales, told Boston 25 News that they were at ICON to celebrate Morales' birthday. While dancing, Colon collapsed to the floor.
Morales told Boston 25 News the DJ briefly stopped playing music before resuming. The dance floor remained crowded, which made it difficult to get help for Colon.
"Some people cared and some people didn't," Morales said. "It was just so demonic, too, when that music came back on, everybody just not caring. I'm screaming, trying to overpower the music and I just couldn't."
ICON released a statement on its Instagram account Tuesday saying staff called emergency services while an off-duty EMT provided aid.
According to Boston 25 News, police said the crowd could not give them enough space to work, which caused them to close the club while Colon was taken to the hospital.
Morales told Boston 25 News that Colon had a heart condition.
Stackhouse said the nightclub didn't do enough to help in a life-or-death situation.
"She collapsed in Icon and their negligence and incompetence to control and clear a crowd for professionals ensured it was too late to save her," he wrote.
The mayor's office issued a statement announcing an upcoming hearing on the status of ICON's liquor license.
"Following the incident early Sunday morning, the Entertainment Division of the Mayor's Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing has suspended ICON Nightclub's entertainment license, effective immediately. In the coming weeks, the Boston Licensing Board will convene to hold a hearing on the future of ICON's liquor license."
In its statement, ICON said it is cooperating with the investigation.
"We are cooperating fully with all inquiries from law enforcement and city officials who are reviewing this medical episode," it read.
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