Footage from Astroworld Festival shows fans running towards the entrance.
Officials in Houston, Texas, confirmed at least eight people died following a “mass casualty incident” at the Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on the night of Friday, November 5.
Speaking in a press conference in the early hours of Saturday, Samuel Pena, Chief of Houston Fire Department, said among the fatalities that “tragic night” were “scores of individuals that were injured.”
Pena stated that just after 9 pm the crowd “began to compress towards the front of the stage” causing panic and “some injuries,” leading to people falling.
Rapper Drake made a surprise appearance at the show, alongside Travis Scott, which had an audience of around 50,000 people in attendance
AT least eight people are dead and hundreds are said to be injured following a crush at the opening night of rapper Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival.
The crowd is said to have surged towards the stage while Scott was performing at the third annual Astroworld music festival at NRG Park in Houston on Friday.
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