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At a Friday November 5 concert in Texas, a crowd movement caused the deaths of at least eight people. The reasons for the scramble debt sparked by a panic movement remain unknown.
It is in a festive atmosphere that started the sold-out festival on Friday, November 5. However, at the same time in the middle of the crowd, several unconscious people are evacuated by the emergency services. One of them even administered a cardiac massage. “The crowd started to compress towards the front of the stage and this caused some panic, caused injuries. People started to fall, pass out, and that caused further panic. “, explains the Houston Fire Director.
Several deaths had already been recorded and the ambulances were struggling to clear their way, while the party continued as if nothing had happened. In the early afternoon in Houston (Texas), the opening of the doors of the long awaited festival already aroused the agitation of the spectators who jostled each other. Some even fell to the ground, under the stare of security. These 50,000 people had come to see the performance of famous rapper Travis Scott.
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