UPDATE: A source connected to Astroworld tells TMZ, someone in the crowd went crazy and began injecting people with some sort of drug.
50,000 people filled the sold-out venue, when, at around 9 PM people began surging toward the stage. People started getting crushed and panic ensued. According to Houston Fire ChiefPlay video contentAt least 8 people died in the stampede. 11 people went into cardiac arrest and were rushed to the hospital. More than 300 fans went to the field hospital near the venue.Someone working the festival tells TMZ ...
The scene was chaotic ... medical personnel could not handle all the injured. There is video showing some of them performing CPR. One concertgoer named Madeline, a nurse, tells TMZ, she was there with her boyfriend when Travis took the stage. During the first song, people started pushing toward the stage and she says she began to feel light-headed, telling us,"I passed out from the constant pressure on my chest and was one of the first people to be carried," adding,"They threw me on top of other people and crowd surfed me to other people, who lifted me over a fence where security was waiting.
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