While the festival-goers were trying out of the pregnant in the panic, at least eight people died and several other wounded on Friday night in Houston.
Le Monde with AFP
At least eight people were killed and several other wounded during a panic, Friday, November 5th, at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston, in the southern United States, reported the authorities.
“The crowd started to hurry themselves towards the front of the stage. This created a panic starter who caused injuries,” said Houston’s firefighters, Samuel Pena, stating that seventeen people had been transported to the hospital, including eleven victims in cardiac arrest.
Videos circulated on social networks showing current festival-goers to the exit:
IT WASN’T A PRETTY SIGHT AS THE GATES BEANT TO OPEN AT NRG STADIUM FOR THE FIRST DAY OF THE ASTROWORLD FESTIVAL. VI … https://t.co/b3icluae5r