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LAST UPDATE | 6 Nov 2021
EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE died and dozens have been injured at a music festival in Houston, Texas.
Authorities confirmed that the people had passed away at the festival, which had been organised by rapper Travis Scott.
“We had at least eight confirmed fatalities tonight and scores of individuals that were injured,” Houston fire chief Samuel Pena said, adding the cause of death was unknown following a mass casualty event.
Houston police said a total of 23 people have been sent to hospital and that the youngest was 10-years-old.
Fire chief Pena added: “At around 9 or 9:15, the crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage and that caused panic and people were getting injured. Houston Fire Department transported 17 people to hospitals.”
He added that 11 of those transported were in cardiac arrest.
Many people were also treated at the scene at NRG Park, where a field hospital had been set up. About 300 people were examined at that site throughout the day, he said.
Astroworld is a two-day music festival that was scheduled to take place on Friday and today in Houston. The event was sold out, according to the Astroworld website. Saturday’s performances have been cancelled.
Drake joined Travis Scott on-stage at the concert — which was live-streamed by Apple Music — and posted photos to Instagram after the performance.
Event promoters had arranged for medical units to be on scene at the festival, however once the crowd surge began, those units were “quickly overwhelmed,” Pena said.
Houston Police Executive Assistant Chief Larry Satterwhite was near the front of the crowd and said it seemed the surge “happened all at once”.
“Suddenly we had several people down on the ground, experiencing some type of cardiac arrest or some type of medical episode,” Mr Satterwhite said.
“And so we immediately started doing CPR, and moving people right then, and that’s when I went and met with the promoters, and Live Nation, and they agreed to end early in the interest of public safety.”
Mr Pena said officials did not immediately know the causes of death for the eight people who died.
A medical examiner would investigate. It was not clear whether all eight who died were among the 17 that had been transported to hospitals. The deceased had not been identified as of early this morning.
With reporting by Press Association
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Let’s not forget the back round these children come from. Abuse, alcoholic patents drug abuse and in some cases child abuse. There not all lucky enough to have well to do parents who themselves have been educated well enough to know how to provide a stable home for there children and by well educated I don’t mean schooling. Right from wrong comes from level headed parenting. A frankly stupid comment pat
The terrible thing about this is that no one reading it is surprised. We all know st pats has been a condemned, inadequate and an unfunny joke for years now.
Disgraceful.
Apparently only half of the criminals have access to a playstation. Lets not forget that in order to get into Pats a youth had to have used up all his many chances with the juvenile diversion program as well as appear in court on enough charges to bypass fines, probation and suspended sentences.
Sean, my point is not on their level of degeneracy but that adequate services should be provided for them. Doesn’t matter what they’ve done, they need to be treated humanely in a decent environment.
Treat them like crap and guess how they’ll turn out.
My point Ferg is that people who have gone to Pats have already had massive amounts of money sunk into them. Even if you ignore the cost of their crimes, both financially and mentally, they have still had lots of money invested in them via the juvenile diversion program and probation services. If they still want to keep making people lives a misery then they pretty much deserve what they get.
Think of all the ‘disturbing issues’ the delinquent inmates left their victims with.
Prison is not a holiday camp. It is a punishment and should be a deterrent. St. Pats inmates do not get sent there for 1st, 2nd or 3rd offences. They’re there because they have committed endless offences and as usual the bleeding hearts pity them because of their up bringing. They are old enough to know right from wrong and are of an age of criminal responsibility. If they do wrong, they should be punished to teach the little swines some respect. Not much point in having them out roaming estates terrorising decent folk.
I notice they found the worse possible photo of pats they could with the hut in it. Prisoners have it handy enough and only 1 landing has play stations the drug free one no one else has them
It is funny how judge Riley is now inspector for prisons and he had no problem sending 16 year olds to St. Patrick’s plus people to limerick. From my experience of him he sent people with drug problems to jail and drug dealers where left off. Rant over:) prison doesn’t work for kids nor adults it actually makes 90% of prisoners worse! This country needs fresh ideas
I WOULD SAY IT’S PAR FOR THE COURSE.
ALL PRISONS ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR. BRUTALISING PLACES, RUN BY BRUTES.
NOT TO MENTION GARDA STATION “CUSTODY SUITES”
AS THE OLD ADAGE GOES. “POWER REDUCES EMPATHY”
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