8 Dead, Many Injured at Travis Scott Houston Astroworld Music Festival

At least eight people have died and many more have been injured at the Astroworld music festival in Houston.

Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña said that a “mass casualty” incident started as the crowd at the event at Houston’s NRG Park began to “compress toward the front of the stage” around 9 p.m. Friday.

He told a news conference that the push had caused panic and injuries, and that “people began to fall out, become unconscious and it created additional panic.”

Around 50,000 people attended the festival. Peña said that 17 people were taken to hospitals, 11 of whom were in cardiac arrest and that more than 300 people were treated at the field hospital set up nearby, KHOU News Houston reported.

Organized by Houston-born rapper Travis Scott, the third annual festival was scheduled to run from Friday through Saturday but has now been canceled.

This is a developing story.

Travis Scott performs onstage during the third annual Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on November 05, 2021 in Houston, Texas. There were eight fatalities at the event he organized after an apparent crowd crush.
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8 Dead, Many Injured at Travis Scott Houston Astroworld Music Festival
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