Everything seems to indicate that there were more than 50 thousand people in the place, although it is an open air festival this did not save those eight people from death while Travis Scott was singing on stage
According to local and international media, the tragedy occurred at the Astroworld Festival, where at least 8 people died. The grand event took place in Houston just as Travis Scott was singing for his audience. The problem is that people began to push forward until they formed a human avalanche.
Many people were injured after they all pushed each other, the situation got out of control, it all happened while Travis Scott was on stage last Friday night on the stage of the Astroworld Festival in Houston.
According to the information provided by the fire chief, Mr. Sam Peña, said that not only 8 people died, dozens of people were also injured: "We had dozens of people who were injured."
Everything seems to indicate that there were more than 50 thousand people in the place, although it is an open-air festival this did not save those eight people from death. A famous festival that the tickets were agitated from days before the concert. The event was held at NRG Park, the stadium complex where the Astrodome and NRG Stadium are located.
The tragedy took place after eight in the evening Miami time. The reasons why the crowd are still unknown. "The crowd, for whatever reason, started to push up and up to the front of the stage, which made the people in front compressed, they couldn’t escape from that situation," Peña told CNN Saturday morning. .
"People began to fight, to lose consciousness and that generated additional panic" and also confirmed that more than three hundred people were transferred to the nearest hospital. The most serious were 11 of those people. That was what Peña reported to CNN.
The event was so bad that the same people tried to revive the most serious, passed out, people who panicked. There were also those who began to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation. As for the singer, he did not know what was happening so he was confused.
Peña argues that at the moment the videos are still being reviewed to determine if the place had the security required for these great events.
The investigation will investigate "what caused, one, the problem of the stampede of crowds and two, what prevented people from escaping from that situation." Informed Peña in the press conference this morning (Saturday 6 November).