Houston: At least eight persons died and several others sustained injuries in what authorities described as a “mass casualty” incident on the opening night of a popular music festival here in Texas attended by some 50,000 fans of American rapper Travis Scott.
50K were present
- The concert during the Astroworld Festival in Houston was attended by over 50,000 fans of American rapper Travis Scott
- The event had to be cancelled immediately
The sold-out concert by Scott at the Astroworld Festival in Houston had to be cancelled immediately after people started falling when the massive crowd began “compressing toward the front of the stage” around 9 pm on Friday.
Multiple fans were trampled as hundreds rushed the event’s perimeter. Once inside, some people began climbing onto portable toilets as security personnel worked to try and contain the crowd.
More than 300 people were treated at the field hospital set up near the festival.