Hundreds of fans have been injured and some have died on the first night of a highly-anticipated US music festival.
At least eight people have died and hundreds have been injured after a stampede occurred at the debut of Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas.
Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters the incident happened 9.38pm on Friday night local time, with footage from social media showing fans being treated by paramedics at the scene.
He said fans “began to compress” towards the front of the stage, before the activity escalated. Despite this, a cause of death is yet to be revealed for fatalities.
“We had at least eight confirmed fatalities tonight and scores of individuals that were injured,” he told media.
“The mass casualty incident was triggered at 9.38 this evening.”
The New York Post reports that 11 people were taken to hospital in cardiac arrest, with around 300 treated at a field hospital.
One concert attendee took to Twitter to blast how event staff handled the incident, claiming the medics were “understaffed and undertrained”.
“I’m disgusted with how things were handled tonight. THE MEDICS WERE UNDERSTAFFED AND UNDERTRAINED,” wrote one Twitter user.
“I saw people die before me and I heard people crying in disbelief of what they were seeing …”
Another attendee wrote on Reddit that people were unable to breathe due to the pushing crowds, with security guards failing to respond to those struggling.
Local media also reported earlier incidents of unruly behaviour from concert goers.
According to ABC13, a crowd stormed the perimeter of NRG Park at around 2pm and broke through the security gates and scaled the walls to gain access to the event.
However, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner confirmed this was not linked to the stampede that transpired later.
Reporter Mycah Hatfield shared on Twitter that the group was comprised of “hundreds of people”.
“Hundreds of people destroyed the VIP security entrance, bypassing the checkpoint,” she wrote. “People were trampled. Some were detained.”
This Astroworld concert was supposed to be the third music event held by the rapper. Named after his highly-successful third studio album of the same name, this was the festival’s first time producing a multi-day event. However, in lieu of Friday’s events, organisers have cancelled Saturday’s concert
Major acts like SZA, Toro Y Moi, Earth Wind & Fire and Australian band Tame Impala were slated to play at the sold-out event.
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