Nine-Year-Old Dies From Injuries Sustained At Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival

The death toll from the crowd surge at a rap concert in Texas has risen to 10, a lawyer for the victims said on Sunday, after a nine-year-old boy trampled during the event died of his injuries. It could be recalled that scores were injured attending a performance by hip-hop artist Travis Scott at the Astroworld Festival on November 5 in Houston after concert-goers found themselves crushed against barriers, unable to move or breathe as the mass pressed toward the stage.

Attendees stated that some of the concert goers fell and others tumbled on top of them, crushing the bodies beneath, with the density of the crowd closer to the stage making it hard to pick them up and evacuate them.

Among them was nine-year-old Ezra Blount, who sustained severe injuries and was placed in a medically induced coma as doctors fought to save his life.

Ben Crump, a prominent US attorney representing the victims of the tragedy, issued a statement late Sunday saying that Blount had succumbed to his injuries.

“The Blount family tonight is grieving the incomprehensible loss of their precious young son,” Crump said.

“This should not have been the outcome of taking their son to a concert, what should have been a joyful celebration. Ezra’s death is absolutely heartbreaking.”

At least 60 lawsuits have been announced singling out Scott and fellow singer Drake, who took to the stage in the final 15 minutes of the concert — well after authorities had declared an emergency.