Dozens were injured and eight are dead after a mass stampede took place during Travis Scott’s Astroworld concert in Houston, Texas.
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According to TMZ, 50,000 people were in attendance at the concert and around 9 PM, the crowd started rushing towards the stage, causing multiple people to be trampled and lose consciousness in the chaos. At least eight people were reported dead during the concert and eleven went into cardiac arrest and were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. Police said a ten-year-old was one of the injured victims of the concert.
Videos on social media show some concertgoers attempting to alert cameramen and crew members from Travis’ team to stop the show as people were getting seriously hurt.
more footage from #ASTROWORLDFest , people asking for help and to stop the show pic.twitter.com/hUc6x62A31
— clea (@CleaSena) November 6, 2021
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Other videos show concertgoers jumping on police cars and ambulances as they were trying to assist those who passed out during the concert. Prior to the beginning of the show, the footage also showed fans breaking into the VIP entrance where security was not present at the gates.
Another video- #Disturbing video shows people #jumping on top of the police personal cars while they were trying to get #unconscious people out of the #crowd.#Houston #ASTROWORLDFest #TravisScott #AstroWorld #music #festival #Houston#KHOU11 pic.twitter.com/tubnfQIVPS
— Chaudhary Parvez (@ChaudharyParvez) November 6, 2021
Fans just broke through the fence to get into #AstroWorldpic.twitter.com/mpi70ZzTOs
— XXL Magazine (@XXL) November 5, 2021
kylie jenner deleted this instagram story of an emt car trying to get thru the crowd at #ASTROWORLDFest pic.twitter.com/s0TIGZKyvY
— ً (@quwrz) November 6, 2021
How could the people at #AstroWorld let this happen!?!#ASTROFEST pic.twitter.com/vvG7LrBacD
— claid (@claid_dragon) November 6, 2021
The Houston Police Department said in a statement that people are still reported missing as of this morning and issued contact information.
UPDATE AS OF 0745 am: If you have not been able to contact your loved one who attended #ASTROWORLDFest please call 3-1-1 or 713-837-0311 or go to the reunification center at 8686 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX 77054.
— Houston OEM (@HoustonOEM) November 6, 2021