Ambulances and firefighters were called in after multiple injuries were reported on the opening night of the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston, Texas.
A video on social media shows paramedics performing CPR on several people who are lying on the ground outside the stage, as loud music continues to play in the background.
⚠️🇺🇸#URGENT: Multiple injuries reported at Astroworld Music Festival in Houston, Texas#Houston l #TX
— Intel Point ALERT (@IntelPointAlert) November 6, 2021
A large medical response is underway at NRG Park for ‘several patients’. Disturbing footage from the scene shows EMS performing CPR on three patients.
Gathering more details! pic.twitter.com/5LPUHX7pnz
According to local media, multiple people were trampled after hundreds stormed into NRG Stadium, pushing back security barricades. The Houston Chronicle said some disorderly concertgoers were detained by police at the entrance.
Multiple people have been taken to an area hospital in the Houston, Texas area after sustaining injuries at #ASTROWORLDFest, according to @KHOU. Video shared on Instagram Stories shows first responders performing life-saving measures on attendees. pic.twitter.com/oOLH0AU2QU
— Malik Earnest (@MalikEarnest) November 6, 2021
The event’s lineup included hip hop stars Travis Scott, Young Thug, Lil Baby, SZA, and a surprise appearance by Drake, among others.
They smoked VIP #Astroworld pic.twitter.com/AYvjKT8VBY
— BMoore (@BrennonMoore34) November 5, 2021
The merch line at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival 👀pic.twitter.com/DNXD0ESo8i
— XXL Magazine (@XXL) November 5, 2021
Security issues were a matter of concern even before the beginning of the event. A video reportedly filmed before the concert claims to show a group of fans trying to get in by climbing over a fence.
Astroworld security not playing this year 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/JTNiPNyXHJ
— costa (@andrrusco) November 5, 2021
ABC13 said the festival’s 100,000 tickets sold out within an hour of going on sale in May. A reporter from the channel filmed fans breaching the perimeter before the concert began, breaking down metal detectors.
As we were arriving to the Astroworld Festival at NRG Park right at 2:00, a stampede burst through the gates. Hundreds of people destroyed the VIP security entrance, bypassing the checkpoint. People were trampled. Some were detained.
— Mycah Hatfield (@MycahABC13) November 5, 2021
(Excuse any language you may hear) pic.twitter.com/d0m2rjqAAk
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