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First comparisons with relatives of the Travis Scott drama

First comparisons with relatives of the Travis Scott drama

Relatives of two people who died in the chaos at a performance by rapper Travis Scott last year have reached a settlement in the lawsuits they filed. It affects the families of 21-year-old Axel Acosta and 16-year-old Brianna Rodriguez.

Ten people were killed in the drama on November 5 last year in the American city of Houston. More than a hundred were injured. The victims were among the crowd that formed when a crowd tried to get onto the stage during a Scott performance.

It quickly became clear that something had gone wrong at the Astroworld festival co-organized by Scott. For example, 37 minutes passed between the moment the emergency services called a Mass casualty incident recorded and the end of Scott’s performance.

Bystanders took pictures of the chaos:

Dead and injured at the Houston festival

Initial research, which surfaced five months after the drama, showed the permits hadn’t gone well. The security personnel are also insufficiently trained. A criminal investigation is still ongoing. So far, this has not resulted in any charges.

A few days after the drama, the first legal proceedings were initiated against numerous parties involved, including promoter Live Nation and Scott himself. Pictures showed that despite several indications of panic among his fans, the rapper initially paused his show a few times before finally stopping the performance . More than 500 lawsuits are now pending.

Details of settlements unknown

No details are known about the content of the first agreements, which have now been reached almost a year after the events. The attorney for 21-year-old Acosta’s family says he only hopes the agreement “brings much-needed changes to the way concerts are scheduled, licensed, organized and performed, making them safer for everyone.”

The accident at Astroworld was one of the deadliest concert accidents in decades. In 2000, nine people were killed during a Pearl Jam concert at Denmark’s Roskilde Festival. Ten years later, 21 participants in the Love Parade in Duisburg died. Panic broke out there, too, and hundreds of people were injured in the chaotic crowd. Since then, the rules for large concerts and dance parties have been tightened.


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