THE HEARTBROKEN dad of a Seaham teenager who died at T in The Park music festival has demanded organisers quit other events until an investigation takes place.

Chris Bell, whose 17-year-old daughter Megan tragically died at the Strathallan Castle festival, in Scotland, on July 8, has said there are serious questions to be answered by organisers DF Concerts.

The events company confirmed at a public meeting this week that the security being used at their upcoming Summer Sessions concerts will not be the same as that for T in The Park.

Dad Chris said he and his wife Lisa have been “left in the dark” about what happened to his music-loving teenage daughter.

The 44-year-old car transport manager from Durham said: “We haven’t got a clue what happened.

“It is unexplained. We know she was at a festival. We know that she didn’t take drugs, it wasn’t a part of Megan’s life.

“But she was there...she may have experimented or she could have been spiked.

“This is devastating. We will never come to terms with it.

“It’s heartbreaking – not knowing what happened or what she went through, and not being there for her is the hardest thing we will ever have to get through.”

Chris said T in The Park had been the first festival the popular teen had been to, having gone in 2015 for the first time.

But he said Megan told him about drugs being “freely available” at the site in her first year, with the concerned dad warning his daughter about safety before she went for a second time.

He said: “One of the last things she said to me before she went up there this year was ‘Dad, last year they were walking about with rain coats with drugs inside their coat. They opened them up when you were pitching your tent and saying what do you want? Do you want this and that?’

“It’s clearly freely available.

“They say they do checks at the doors but it’s obviously not enough of that is happening.”

The impact of Megan’s death has sent shockwaves through Chris’ family and he is now calling for organisers to put a halt to other events until an inquiry takes place.

The dad-of-four feels the decision to hold the festival again next year was taken “too quickly” and said: “Organisers obviously don’t care.

“They are just worried about next year going ahead, regardless of what happened.

“If it does go ahead, we will fight tooth and nail to make sure there are adequate provisions at the next one, to make sure this doesn’t happen to anyone else.

“We think there should be, without a shadow of a doubt, an investigation into what happened before they organise anything else.

“We lost Megan this year and another family have lost their 17-year-old son.

“The whole thing needs to be looked at, even just at a health and safety level. Was there enough staff for 70,000 people?”

Chris compared the staffing levels at T in The Park to those at other large-scale events and said: “You go to Hampden Park or Wembley stadium and the place is full of police, stewards and paramedics.”