At least 8 dead after crush at US

Entertainment Live: At least eight people died and several were injured in a crush at the Astroworld music festival in the southern US state of Texas on Friday night, authorities said. Houston fire chief Samuel Pena said the incident began at around 9 pm when "the crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage".

 "That caused some panic and it started causing some injuries, people began to fall out, become unconscious and it created additional panic," Pena said at a press conference outside NRG Park.

"We had at least eight confirmed fatalities tonight and scores of individuals that were injured," he said, adding the cause of death cannot be confirmed until after medical exams are completed. "We transported 17 patients to the hospital... 11 of those that were transported were in cardiac arrest," he said.

"Over the course of just a few minutes, suddenly we had several people down on the ground experience some type of cardiac arrest," police said, adding the concert was ended after the incident occurred.

Dhaka, 6 November (campuslive24.com)//BSC

---

---