Nine-year-old is latest victim of Astroworld festival crowd crush

Ezra Blount, 9, has become the youngest person to die from injuries sustained during a crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival (Courtesy of Taylor Blount via AP)

A nine-year-old boy has become the youngest person to die from injuries sustained during a crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston.

Ezra Blount of Dallas died on Sunday at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, family lawyer Ben Crump said.