Eight killed in crowd surge during Travis Scott show at Astroworld Festival

Emergency personnel respond to the Astroworld music festival (KTRK/AP)

Eight people died after the crowd at a Texas music festival surged toward the stage during a performance by rapper Travis Scott, squeezing fans so tightly together that they could not breathe or move their arms.

The pandemonium unfolded on Friday at Astroworld, a two-day event in Houston, Texas, with an estimated 50,000 people in attendance.