8 dead after crowd surge at Travis Scott show at Astroworld

HOUSTON — Officials successful Texas accidental astatine slightest 8 radical are dormant and respective others injured successful a assemblage surge astatine the Astroworld Festival.

A compression of the assemblage toward the signifier occurred conscionable aft 9 p.m. Friday portion rapper Travis Scott was performing, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters astatine a quality conference.

“The assemblage began to compress towards the beforehand of the stage, and that caused immoderate panic, and it started causing immoderate injuries,” the occurrence main said. “People began to autumn out, go unconscious, and it created further panic.”

The amusement was called disconnected soon aft respective radical began suffering injuries.

Officials transported 17 radical to the hospital, including 11 who were successful cardiac arrest, Peña said. Many radical were besides treated astatine the country astatine NRG Park, wherever a tract infirmary had been acceptable up.

Approximately 50,000 radical were successful attendance astatine the festival, Peña said.

The occurrence main added that officials did not instantly cognize the causes of decease for the 8 radical who died. A aesculapian examiner would investigate. The deceased had not been identified arsenic of aboriginal Saturday.

Officials acceptable up a reunification halfway astatine a edifice for household members who had not been capable to scope relatives successful attendance astatine the festival.

Astroworld is simply a two-day euphony festival that was scheduled to instrumentality spot Friday and Saturday successful Houston. The lawsuit was sold out, according to the Astroworld website.

The lawsuit promoters had arranged for aesculapian units to beryllium connected country astatine the festival, nevertheless erstwhile the assemblage surge began, those units were “quickly overwhelmed,” Peña said.