Posted on 11/06/21
| News Source: i24
People began to fall unconscious, some reportedly going into cardiac arrest, as the audience surged forward
At least eight people were killed on Friday as a sea of music fans rushed toward the stage during Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas.
The disaster unfolded during the headline performance of Grammy Award-winning artist Scott, Reuters reported.
People began to fall unconscious - some reportedly going into cardiac arrest or other medically induced states - as an audience of about 50,000 surged forward.
Minutes later, the chaos was declared a "mass casualty incident."
"It happened all at once. It seemed like it just happened... over the course of just a few minutes," said Houston Police Executive Assistant Chief Larry Satterwhite.
Authorities transported about 23 people in serious condition to hospitals, 11 of them critical, and one of them only 10-years-old.