8 dead, numerous injured at Astroworld Festival in Houston

HOUSTON (AP) — Officials successful Texas accidental astatine slightest 8 radical are dormant and galore others are injured pursuing a surge of the assemblage during a show by rapper Travis Scott astatine the Astroworld euphony festival Friday night.

The Associated Press reported that officials declared it a “mass casualty incident” by it conscionable aft 9 p.m. Friday.

The Houston occurrence main told reporters that the assemblage began to compress toward the beforehand of the stage, which caused immoderate radical to panic.

The amusement was called disconnected soon aft radical began suffering injuries.

The occurrence main says 17 radical were transported to hospitals, including 11 radical who were successful cardiac arrest.

According to the quality outlet, it's unclear if the 8 radical who died were among the 17 radical taken to the hospitals.

An estimated 50,000 radical attended the festival.

Drake had besides joined Scott on-stage astatine the concert, which was live-streamed by Apple Music.

Saturday's amusement has been canceled, the AP reported.