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On November 5, 2021, a fatal crowd crush occurred during the Astroworld Festival, an annual musical event hosted by American rapper Travis Scott at NRG Park in Houston, Texas. Eight people were pronounced dead on the day of the incident, and two more died in the hospital in the following days.
Nov 9, 2021 · A crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival in Houston killed eight people and injured dozens more Friday evening. The crowd of 50,000 was packed so tightly that as headliner Travis Scott took the...
Nov 15, 2021 · It appeared to be one of the deadliest crowd-control disasters at a concert in the United States in many years, recalling the 1979 crush outside the doors of a show by the Who in Cincinnati...
Nov 15, 2021 · A nine-year-old boy who was placed in an induced coma after a crowd surge at the Astroworld festival in Houston, Texas, has died.
Nov 6, 2021 · At least eight people have died and scores of people have been hurt after a crowd surge on the opening night of a music festival in Houston, Texas. Panic broke out after the crowd began to press...
Nov 8, 2021 · A crowd surge at a Houston music festival on Friday crushed concertgoers as they were left trampled and gasping for air, struggling to survive against a wall of people pressing forward toward the...
Nov 10, 2021 · On June 16, 1883, an estimated 2,000 children crowded into a hall desperate to claim a prize. (Wikimedia Commons: Le Journal Illustre) In the modern era, crushes typically happen at sporting and entertainment events and religious festivals.
Nov 6, 2021 · Eight people died at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival, and hundreds more were injured as investigators sought to determine why and how a surging crowd turned deadly.
Nov 8, 2021 · At least eight people were killed and dozens injured in the ensuing crush that, according to people at the concert, apparently overwhelmed event staff and medical personnel at NRG Park. The dead...
Jun 29, 2023 · All 10 victims, with the youngest just 9 years old, were crushed in the crowd, and their deaths were ruled an accident caused by compression asphyxia. The lead detective in the case, Mike Barrow,...
