At least eight people have died and dozens have been injured this Friday on the opening day of the Astroworld music festival in Houston, in the southern United States, due to an avalanche, as reported by the authorities and the US media. “We have eight deceased people tonight [en referencia al viernes] and several more injured individuals ”, explained in a press conference the head of the Houston firefighters, Samuel Peña, who has detailed that around nine o’clock at night a crowd that had gathered to see the performance of rapper Travis Scott began to push towards the front of the stage, causing a human avalanche to form and some people losing consciousness. Peña has pointed out that the causes of the accident are still being investigated.
The fire department took 17 people to the hospital, 11 of whom were in cardiac arrest. Peña explained that the accident began when a human tide began to “compress towards the front of the stage.” This situation caused scenes of panic among the assistants and fights, which caused the first injuries. “The worst of the incident began around 9.15pm, when a crowd of approximately 50,000 people began to move to the front of the stage,” Peña told the media.
The aerial view from the cameras installed in the venue show the intense police and fire service activity in the event area, according to local media. Organizers stopped the Travis Scott concert when it became apparent that several people had been injured, according to Houston Police Chief Troy Finner. Finner has also pointed out that it is too early to determine what caused the avalanche that caused the deaths and has rejected any speculation about it until the investigation is complete.
All the festival concerts scheduled for this Saturday have been canceled, according to the organizers informed the local network KHOU11.
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