Eight are killed at Travis Scott’s sold-out Astroworld Festival in Houston
Eight are killed and ‘hundreds’ are injured, ‘some as young as ten,’ after crowd surges towards stage at rapper Travis Scott’s sold-out Astroworld Festival in Houston
Eight people are dead and several others have been injured at Astroworld Crowd ‘compressed’ toward front of the stage and panic ensued, officials said Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo confirmed fatalities early Saturday morning CPR was performed on at least two people and ‘several’ were taken to hospital Earlier in the day, there had been a stampede when the gates to the music festival first opened, but the injuries Friday night appear to be unrelated
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Eight people have been killed and ‘hundreds’ more injured in a crush and stampede during the opening night of rapper Travis Scott’s sold-out Astroworld Festival in Texas on Friday.
Footage on social media shows a distressing scene as paramedics perform CPR on several people on the floor within the crowd as a performance continues on the stage in Houston.
Multiple fans were trampled as hundreds rushed the event’s perimeter on Friday afternoon. Once inside, people began climbing onto portable loos as security tried and contain the crowd.
About two dozen people were rushed to hospitals, and CPR was being performed on at least 11 of them when they were taken, officials confirmed. Those injured included children ‘as young as 10’.
The second day of the event has been cancelled.
It remains unclear what caused the injuries and how many people were injured as of early Saturday morning, but authorities told FOX 26 that a lot of people are in need of medical attention on the scene.
They said they are classifying it as a ‘level 2’ incident due to the number of calls they are receiving.
Officials were seen giving CPR to an Astroworld attendee late Friday night
Multiple ambulances and other personnel were seen at NRG Park on Friday
Astroworld is rapper Travis Scott’s sold-out music festival featuring numerous acts
One person who was detained by security told ABC13: ‘I just really wanted to be inside the festival so bad.’
The tragic scenes unfolded on the opening night of the third annual Astroworld music festival which was being held at NRG Park in the American city.
Astroworld is rapper Travis Scott’s music festival and is being attended by a host of celebrities, including Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner.
Tickets sold for $180 for general admission and $490 for ‘stargazer’ tickets.
The event’s 100,000 tickets sold out within an hour of going on sale back in May, ABC 13 reported, after it was canceled during the pandemic last year.
An ABC News reporter from Houston’s local affiliate, Mycah Hatfield, had reported via Twitter that chaos ensued during day one of the festival as soon as doors opened at 2 p.m.
‘A stampede burst through the gates. Hundreds of people destroyed the VIP security entrance, bypassing the checkpoint. People were trampled. Some were detained,’ she wrote of the scene at NRG Park.
A stampede broke out earlier in the day as people burst through the gates at NRG Park
Hundreds of people destroyed the VIP security entrance, bypassing the checkpoint
Some people were trampled in the chaos, but the stampede does not appear to be related to the multiple injuries related Friday night
