{"id":363922,"date":"2021-11-06T10:10:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T07:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/travis-scott-astroworld-festival-leaves-at-least-8-dead\/"},"modified":"2021-11-06T10:10:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T07:10:50","slug":"travis-scott-astroworld-festival-leaves-at-least-8-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/travis-scott-astroworld-festival-leaves-at-least-8-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"#Travis Scott Astroworld festival leaves at least 8 dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Travis Scott Astroworld festival leaves at least 8 dead<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>At least eight people died and scores more were injured when chaos, including a crowd crush, broke out during opening night of r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er Travis Scott\u2019s Astroworld music festival in Texas Friday, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>A mass of concertgoers at Houston\u2019s NRG Park \u201cbegan to compress\u201d to the front of the stage at around 9:15 p.m., causing mayhem and some people to get hurt, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pe\u00f1a told reporters early Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople started to fall out, become unconscious and it created additional panic,\u201d\u00a0Pe\u00f1a said during a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>At around 9:38 p.m.\u00a0Pe\u00f1a said a \u201cmass casualty incident\u201d was triggered as the number of victims grew and emergency responders became overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>At least 23 people were rushed to a hospital, including a 10-year-old, authorities said. Of those hospitalized, 11 were in cardiac arrest.\u00a0Some 300 people were treated at a field hospital on the scene.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"First responders tend to attendees at the Astroworld Festival. \" class=\"wp-image-20055308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>First responders tend to attendees at the Astroworld Festival. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld_2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"At least 23 people were taken to the hospital, 11 were in cardiac arrest.\" class=\"wp-image-20055318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld_2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld_2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld_2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld_2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>At least 23 people were taken to the hospital, 11 were in cardiac arrest. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Horrifying videos on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> showed first responders performing CPR on an unconscious person as the concert continued.<\/p>\n<p>Another clip on social media showed someone being rushed out on gurneys.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No cause of death was given for the eight confirmed fatalities, pending the medical examiner\u2019s investigation,\u00a0Pe\u00f1a said. Police were working to identify the victims and people whose loved ones were missing were asked to go to the local\u00a0Wyndham Hotel.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Houston_PD.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pe\u00f1a (left) estimated an attendance of approximately 50,000 at NRG Park.\" class=\"wp-image-20055146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Houston_PD.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Houston_PD.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Houston_PD.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pe\u00f1a (left) estimated an attendance of approximately 50,000 at NRG Park.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Houston Police Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNobody could dream of this\u2026 I think it\u2019s important that no one speculates. We have none of the answers tonight,\u201d said Houston Police Chief Troy Finner.<\/p>\n<p>The chief said authorities have \u201cheard rumors of people injecting people with drugs\u201d at the show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-635.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Festival attendees rush one of the gates at NRG Park, the venue of Travis Scott's Astroworld festival on Nov. 5, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-20054976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-635.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-635.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-635.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Festival attendees rush one of the gates at NRG Park, the venue of Travis Scott\u2019s Astroworld festival on Nov. 5, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-644.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"An ambulance maneuvers through the Astroworld Festival crowd at NRG Park.\" class=\"wp-image-20055322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-644.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-644.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-644.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-644.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>An ambulance maneuvers through the Astroworld Festival crowd at NRG Park.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Entertainment company LiveNation, which organized Astroworld, said it would allow investigators to review footage from the show and Scott is cooperating with law-enforcement, Finner said.<\/p>\n<p>As the mayhem unfolded, \u201cthe show\u00a0was stopped when the crowd was surging,\u201d the chief added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c#ASTROWORLDFest can\u2019t believe this is happening you\u2019re supposed to feel safe at a music festival and make it back to tell how much fun you had but this is sickening,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattpatnonnon\/status\/1456847292753907712\">one person posted on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Houston Fire Department <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoustonFire\/status\/1456831726697820163\">said that it was responding<\/a> to \u201cmultiple civilian injuries\u201d at the concert just before 11 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-638.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"The Astroworld Festival was set to take place from Nov. 5-6. \" class=\"wp-image-20055038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-638.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-638.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-638.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-638.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>The Astroworld Festival was set to take place from Nov. 5-6. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-637.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Festival organizers canceled the Saturday concert.\" class=\"wp-image-20055043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-637.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-637.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-637.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-festival-mayhem-637.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Festival organizers canceled the Saturday concert.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier in the day, hundreds of eager fans were seen knocking down barricades at entrance gates blowing past metal detectors and security guards. None of those injured in that instance appeared to be seriously injured, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/astroworld-festival-travis-scotts-houston-crowds-trampled\/11202546\/\">according to ABC13<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The third installation of Astroworld\u2019s 100,000 tickets sold out within an hour of going on sale in May. The event began in 2018 and was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s concert was cancelled.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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