The Astroworld Festival crowd crush results in 10 deaths and 25 people being hospitalized

On November 5, 2021, a fatal crowd crush occurred during the Astroworld Festival, an annual musical event hosted by American rapper Travis Scott at NRG Park in Houston, Texas. Eight people were pronounced dead on the day of the incident, and two more died in the hospital in the following days. The Harris County medical examiner's office declared the cause of death to be compressive asphyxiation while the manner of death was ruled an accident.

November 5 is the 309th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 56 days remain until the end of the year.