9-year-old boy dies from injuries sustained in Astroworld Festival, bringing death toll to 10

A 9-year-old Dallas has go the youngest idiosyncratic to dice from injuries sustained during a assemblage surge astatine the Astroworld euphony festival successful Houston.

Ezra Blount of Dallas died Sunday astatine Texas Children’s Hospital successful Houston, household lawyer Ben Crump said.

Blount, who was successful a medically induced coma for days pursuing Travis Scott’s Nov. 5 performance successful Houston, is present the tenth unfortunate to dice pursuing the tragedy.

A suit filed by his household says the kid incurred terrible harm to his brain, kidney, and liver aft being “kicked, stepped on, and trampled, and astir crushed to death.”

The 9-year-old lad attended the performance with his father.

A assemblage of fans surging towards the signifier is being investigated arsenic the origin of the deaths and hundreds of injuries.

Attendees described scenes of panic successful the assemblage arsenic fans pressed guardant erstwhile rapper Travis Scott took to the stage.

Over 300 radical were treated astatine a tract infirmary on-site and astatine slightest 13 were hospitalized. Eight of the 10 radical deceased were pronounced dormant the nighttime of the concert.