The BC Coroner’s Service has launched an investigation into whether extreme heat or drugs played a role in the death of a young UBC student at a music festival south of the border.

Vivek Pandher was found unresponsive at the Paridiso in the Gorge electronic dance music festival near Wentatchee, Washington, on June 27.

The 22-year-old electrical engineering student was transported to Canada three days later in serious condition.

He was admitted to the intensive care unit at Vancouver General Hospital, and friends said he was in a coma and breathing through a ventilator. He died on Sunday.

In a Facebook post, Pandher’s father said his son’s internal organs were deemed healthy and would be transplanted to other patients.

“The reason behind the compatibility is perhaps his O [positive] blood group. We pray for a long and healthy life of all the transplanted patients,” Jaswant Zafar wrote.

Pandher’s family said the student had only signed up to be an organ donor last year.

Barb McLintock said the coroner’s service is examining the young man’s medical records and are probing whether his death is linked to the extreme heat at the festival, or if it’s drug-related.

A funeral service is planned for Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Riverside Funeral Home in Delta.