Eight die in crowd surge at US festival
terrible news from America this morning with officials in Texas reporting that at least eight people are dead and several others have been injured in a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival.
A compression of the crowd toward the stage occurred just after 9pm local time on Friday while rapper Travis Scott was performing, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pena told reporters at a news conference.
“The crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage, and that caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries,” the fire chief said.
“People began to fall out, become unconscious, and it created additional panic.”
The show was called off shortly after several people began suffering injuries.
Officials transported 17 people to the hospital, including 11 who were in cardiac arrest, Mr Pena said.
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