Status: 06.11.2021 11:05 p.m.
Further details have become known about the mass panic at a music festival in Houston. Five of the eight fatalities were under the age of 18, said Mayor Turner. The exact cause is still unknown.
After the mass panic at a Travis Scott concert, the mayor of Houston gave details of the accident. The eight fatalities were between 14 and 27 years old, said Mayor Sylvester Turner in a press conference. Five of you were under 18 years of age. 13 people would still be treated in the hospital.
It was a “tragedy on many levels,” said Turner. It is still too early to draw conclusions about the causes of the accident. There are many unanswered questions.
Hundreds of injured people were treated on site.
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Eyewitnesses reported the crowd stormed onto the stage during a performance by Scott. The visitors were squeezed so tightly that some couldn’t breathe or move. The mass panic occurred during the two-day Astroworld Festival. About 50,000 people were in Houston’s NRG Park event center.
A total of 50,000 visitors
The Astroworld Festival is organized by Travis Scott. According to a report in the Houston Chronicle, he interrupted his performance several times due to incidents in the crowded audience. A total of 50,000 people came to the two-day festival.
Scott commented on the accident on Twitter. “I’m completely devastated by what happened last night,” wrote the 29-year-old rapper. He will pray for those affected and their relatives. The Houston police have their full support to solve the “tragic loss of life”.
At least eight dead at the Astroworld festival in Houston
Torsten Teichmann, ARD Washington, November 6, 2021 1:28 p.m.