A SURVIVOR of Travis Scott's Astroworld disaster has revealed there were drug scares at the festival as police said at least one person was injected by a man in the crowd.
Houston Chief of Police Troy Finner shared the shocking allegations at a Saturday press conference, a day after a stampede at the concert left eight people dead and hundreds injured.
"One of the narratives was that some individual was injecting other people with drugs," Cheif Finner said.
"We do have a report of a security officer, according to medical staff, that was out and treated him last night.
"He was reaching over to restrain or grab a citizen and he felt a prick in his neck. He went unconscious, they administered Narcan. He was revived and medical staff did notice a prick similar to a prick you would get if somebody was trying to inject."
It's unclear at this time what drug was injected into the security guard, and there have not been any other reports of people being injected with drugs at the concert.
However, one reveler who asked for anonymity, exclusively told The US Sun that drugs were being sold at the site by rogue concertgoers.
They said: “They were selling illegal substances and nobody knew what they contained. Pills more than anything.”
Tragedy marred the performance by rapper Travis Scott on the opening night.
The crowd is said to have surged towards the stage while Scott was performing at the third annual Astroworld music festival at NRG Park in Houston on Friday.
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An unnamed source connected with Astroworld told TMZ that someone in the crowd had gone “crazy” and "began injecting people with some sort of drug."
HPD Spokesperson Jodi Silva told The Sun they were aware of the claims but said it's an "ongoing investigation at this point and all elements and potential causes are being examined."
A crowd of 50,000 showed up for the two-day event, which sold out within an hour of tickets going live in May this year.
Officials in Texas said the crowd began to "compress towards the front of the stage" at around 9.15pm, sparking panic.
They transported 17 people to hospitals with 11 of them in cardiac arrest.
The TMZ source added authorities were trying to determine if those who went into cardiac arrest were the ones injected.
It is feared hundreds more are injured, including a child as young as 10.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said that those killed at the concert range in age from 14 to 27.
Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pena said: “We had at least eight confirmed fatalities today. We had scores of individuals injured at this event.”
He added that a "mass casualty incident" was triggered at 9.38pm and investigations are ongoing.
Chief Pena told reporters: "At approximately 9.15pm the crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage and that caused some panic and it started causing some injuries.
"People began to fall out, become unconscious, and it created additional panic."
The anonymous concert-goer The Sun spoke to revealed the horror of seeing a young woman snap her ankle in the chaos.
They told The Sun: "Myself and eight friends made it out safe. Imagine thousands of people pushing you forward – over 50,000 plus people.
"I’ve never been to a concert this chaotic. The smaller individuals, under 5ft 4 were like struggling for air. Children being trampled.
"I was holding onto the rail with my buddies, I had it easy. I saw many people cry and scream."
Water was also hard to come by, the concert-goer claimed.
"Water was not given out and only available for five dollars," they said.
They added that Travis Scott attempted to do what he could from the stage.
"They never really stopped the music," they said. "But Travis Scott did take pauses during his performance.
"He would ask what's going on and to call for ambulances. He was pushing organizers to react … but he couldn't control that kind of situation."
The show was called off shortly after the horror crush and the second day of the event has also been canceled.
According to Chief Finner, organizers paused the concert when they realized how many people had been hurt.
"At some point, the show was stopped when the crowd was surging," Finner said.
He added that it was too early to determine what caused the crowd surge and urged people not to speculate.
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