Twenty-three people were transported to the hospital after the crush, and 11 who were taken by ambulance were in cardiac arrest, officials said
This was seriously messed up
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/8-dead-after-panic-houston-astroworld-music-festival-n1283397
it's happened in near similar tragedies before with the Who and Pink Floyd concerts.
I was reading up on this story this morning. Unbelievably horrifying. Usually happens at a soccer game in other countries or in panic situations where a building is on fire and people fall to the ground at a bottleneck spot and once you're down, there is NO GETTING BACK UP. It's a horrible position to be in. If you are caught up in a panic push, it's a natural instinct of mine to help someone whose fallen to the ground and is being trampled. Unfortunately, if you stop to help, you are likely to end up on the ground along with the person you want to help and desperate people trample you as well and there's no getting up. Horrifying thought :(
Seems wreckless to create uncontrolled mobs with no assigned seating or space to stand in