Travis Scott‘s Astroworld festival on Friday (November 5).The “mass-casualty” incident at the Houston festival left at least eight people dead with hundreds more reportedly injured, according to Texas police.There was a warning sign of the tragedy ahead, it appears, as fans stampeded through a security entrance and knocked over metal detectors.
The incident was captured on video by local news reporter Mycah Hatfield.As we were arriving to the Astroworld Festival at NRG Park right at 2:00, a stampede burst through the gates.
Hundreds of people destroyed the VIP security entrance, bypassing the checkpoint. People were trampled. Some were detained. (Excuse any language you may hear) pic.twitter.com/d0m2rjqAAk— Mycah Hatfield (@MycahABC13).
Read more on nme.com