Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival on Friday night (November 5), with hundreds more sustaining injuries from a crowd surge.The “mass-casualty” incident happened during Scott’s headline performance at the event.
According to Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña, “at approximately 9.15pm the crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage.
And that caused some panic and it started causing some injuries.”He later confirmed that 17 people were taken to hospital, including 11 who were in cardiac arrest.
It’s also been reported that hundreds more were injured during the event at Houston’s NRG Park which was attended by 50,000 people.According to the Houston Chronicle, Travis Scott stopped his performance several times when he spotted fans in.
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