Stage collapses hours before 3-day music festival kicks off
At least eight people died and scores more were injured when chaos, including a crowd crush, broke out during opening night of rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival in Texas Friday, authorities said.
A mass of concertgoers at Houston’s NRG Park “began to compress” to the front of the stage at around 9:15 p.m., causing mayhem and some people to get hurt, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters early Saturday.
“People started to fall out, become unconscious and it created additional panic,” Peña said during a press conference.
At around 9:38 p.m. Peña said a “mass casualty incident” was triggered as the number of victims grew and emergency responders became overwhelmed.
At least 23 people were rushed to a hospital, including a 10-year-old, authorities said. Of those hospitalized, 11 were in cardiac arrest. Some 300 people were treated at a field hospital on the scene.
Horrifying videos on social media showed first responders performing CPR on an unconscious person as the concert continued.
Another clip on social media showed someone being rushed out on gurneys.
No cause of death was given for the eight confirmed fatalities, pending the medical examiner’s investigation, Peña said. Police were working to identify the victims and people whose loved ones were missing were asked to go to the local Wyndham Hotel.
... The chief said authorities have “heard rumors of people injecting people with drugs” at the show.
https://nypost.com/2021/11/06/travis-scott-astroworld-festival-leaves-at-least-8-dead/
“Horrifying videos on social media showed first responders performing CPR on an unconscious person as the concert continued.”
Wow, didn’t know that. But makes sense, since most of wrap is about violence, so the fans were getting what they paid for.