United States: at least eight dead and several injured after crowd movement during music festival – franceinfo

A festive event that turns into a drama. At least eight people were killed and several others injured in a crowd movement on the night of Friday, November 5 to Saturday, November 6 at the Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas, in the southern United States, reported the local authorities and the US media.

“The crowd started to rush to the front of the stage [lors d’un concert de Travis Scott]. This created a start of panic which caused injuries “Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pena said. The authorities said 17 people had been taken to hospital, including 11 victims of cardiac arrest. More than 300 people were treated in a “field hospital” on the site, he said.

The exact causes of death will be determined by the medical examiner, who is investigating the case, the Houston fire chief said. An investigation is underway to understand more precisely what may have happened. This festival organized by the American rapper Travis Scott brought together almost “50,000 participants”.