Medical examiner report states Astroworld victims died from compression asphyxia

10 people lost their lives and hundreds others were injured after the crowd surged forward during Travis Scott's headline set at Astroworld 2021 last month, and yesterday (16 December) the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in Houston ruled in a report that all 10 of the victims died from compression asphyxia.

The Guardian reports that the Harris county medical examiner also ruled the deaths as accidental, which could have a huge impact on the criminal investigation.

Last week Travis Scott gave his first interview since the tragedy, and told Charlamagne Tha God that he didn't find out about the fan injuries until after his performance.

Scott told Charlamagne Tha God that from his perspective on stage, it was hard to see what was going on in the crowd with music, lights, pyrotechnics, the band, lights, and agreed with Charlamagne that it's hard to tell the difference between danger and excitement, "Everything kind of just sounds the same, and, at the end of the day, you just hear music." Scott said. "When you’re in the show, you just get the show, and any time you can feel anything close to you, you try to definitely get to that ... You can only help what you can see, and whatever you’re told. Whenever it might tell you to stop, you just stop."