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Here’s what we know about the Houston Astroworld Festival tragedy
At least eight people were killed and many others injured after a crowd marched onto a stage at the Astroworld Festival in Houston on Friday night.
This is what we know:
Increase in crowds: At least eight people were killed and many others injured after a crowd rushed forward as rapper Travis Scott was on stage at the festival Friday night, authorities said. The live broadcast of the event showed Scott pausing his performance to watch in confusion as an ambulance with flashing lights pulled up to the venue. The festival ended at 11:10 pm local time, Mayor Sylvester Turner said during a news conference on Saturday.
“Dozens” of injured: “We had dozens of people injured,” Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña said during a news conference Saturday morning. About 50,000 people were at the outdoor music festival at NRG Park – the stadium complex where the Astrodome and NRG Stadium are located – when the incident occurred shortly after 10:00 p.m. ET, they said. the functionaries. The festival had sold out. “The crowd, for whatever reason, started pushing and moving towards the front of the stage, which made the people in front compress, they couldn’t escape from that situation,” Peña told Trends Wide Saturday morning. .
Concert goers share their stories: Many people who attended Scott’s presentation have shared their experiences. Madeline Eskins is an intensive care unit nurse who detailed the traumatic experience on Instagram. “So, just as he started singing his first song, I looked at my boyfriend and said, ‘We have to get out of here.’ He said, ‘I can’t. We can’t. “We couldn’t. And then I just remember looking up and passing out,” Eskins said. “And then I was in and out for a while. I didn’t see anything, but I could feel what was happening. Someone threw me over a fence and I sat on a chair, and then I passed out again. And when I woke up, I was in a different area on a chair with a bottle of water on my lap. ” Attendee Sarai Sierra said the festival experience was like “drowning in a pool full of people.”
Scott releases a statement: “I am absolutely devastated by what happened last night. My prayers go out to the families and all those affected by what happened at the Astroworld Festival,” Scott tweeted. “The Houston Police Department has my full support as they continue to investigate the tragedy loss of life ”.
Follow the investigation: Investigators will review video of the scene and see how the site was designed and if it had enough exit points, Peña said. The investigation will explore “what caused, one, the problem of the surge of crowds and two, what prevented people from escaping from that situation,” Peña said. The causes of the deaths are pending the determination of the medical examiner, he said. Authorities canceled the second night of Saturday’s concert.
The security officer fell unconscious: Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said a security officer said his neck got stuck Friday night during Astroworld when he was trying to restrain a concert goer. “We have a report from a security officer, according to the medical personnel who came out and treated him last night, who was reaching out to restrain or grab a citizen and felt a prick in the neck. When they examined him, he was unconscious, they administered Narcan, “Finner said during a news conference on Saturday . “He was revived and the medical staff noticed a prick similar to what he would get if someone tried to inject himself. That was part of it.” There were “several instances where Narcan was administered at the scene,” said Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña, when asked if medical personnel at the festival administered Narcan, a “salvage injection” or “injection of rescue ”due to its ability to bring someone back from an overdose.
Shared condolences: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner expressed his condolences to the families of those who were killed and injured at the festival in a tweet posted early Saturday morning. “The City of Houston extends our condolences to the loved ones of 8 people killed and several injured at #ASTROWORLDFest. The organizers held the event to bring people together for music, but sadly it ended in tragedy. Thank you to the police, firefighters and other agencies that responded to help, ”the tweet read.
Previous problems: In 2019, three people were trampled and hospitalized as thousands rushed into the festival. The event, now in its third edition, is hosted by Scott, a native of Houston. The festival was scheduled to run from Friday to Saturday, according to the event’s website.
