8 Dead, Several Injured in Stampede At Music Concert in Texas

TEXAS: In an unfortunate incident, at least eight people died and several injured on the opening night of a popular music festival in Texas.

According to authorities the event was attended by some 50,000 fans of American rapper Travis Scott and described it as a "mass casualty" incident.

It is to be mentioned here that sold-out concert by Scott at the Astroworld Festival in Houston had to be cancelled immediately after people started falling after the massive crowd began "to compress toward the front of the stage" around 9:00-9:15 PM (local time) on Friday, CNN reported.

Multiple fans were trampled as hundreds rushed the event's perimeter. Once inside, some people began climbing onto portable toilets as security personnel worked to try and contain the crowd, ABC 13 news website reported.

"We had scores of individuals that were injured," Houston Fire Chief Sam Pena said during a news conference early on Saturday morning.

"The crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage, and people began to panic," Pena said.

Describing what unfolded as a "mass casualty" incident, the fire chief said that 17 patients were rushed to local hospitals.

More than 300 people were treated at the field hospital set up near the festival, Pena said, adding that the concert drew about 50,000 attendees. So far, eight people have died and hundreds of others injured during the opening night of the popular weekend music festival, authorities said.

Organised by rapper Scott, the third annual festival featuring multiple acts was scheduled to run from Friday through Saturday, according to the event's website.

The organisers, rapper Scott and LiveNation, stopped the show when it was apparent that multiple people were hurt, according to Houston Police Chief Troy Finner, ABC 13 reported.

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