9-Year-Old Becomes tenth Casualty of Astroworld’s Crowd Surge

By Robert Preidt and Robin Foster

HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, Nov. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A younger boy who was injured on the Astroworld Festival in Houston has develop into the tenth individual to die from an enormous crowd surge on the occasion.

Ezra Blount, 9, was trampled on the pageant and had been positioned in a medically induced coma in an try to cope with extreme mind, liver and kidney trauma, attorneys for his household mentioned final week, CBS News reported.

“The Blount household tonight is grieving the final word, incomprehensible lack of their treasured younger son,” the attorneys mentioned in an announcement. “This mustn’t have been the end result of taking their son to a live performance, a festivity. Ezra’s demise is completely heartbreaking. We are dedicated to searching for solutions and justice for the Blount household. But tonight we stand in solidarity with the household, in grief, and in prayer.”

Ezra’s household is suing Travis Scott and different live performance organizers for negligence, and the lawsuit says that Ezra was “kicked, stepped on, and trampled, and practically crushed to demise” through the crowd surge.

“I’m saddened to be taught of Ezra’s demise this night,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner tweeted. “Our metropolis tonight prays for his mother, dad, grandparents, different members of the family and classmates at the moment. They will want all of our assist within the months and years to return. May God give them power. RIP Ezra.”

Scott and different pageant organizers are dealing with quite a few lawsuits over what occurred on the live performance. Scott has mentioned he pays for the funeral bills of the victims and added that he was “completely devastated by what came about.”

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SOURCE: CBS News

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