The death toll now stands at nine after a 22-year-old college student who was critically injured in the crush of fans at the Astroworld festival died in hospital. Video / news.com.au
Kylie Jenner has deleted footage she shared from the deadly crowd surge at Astroworld music festival that left at least eight people dead and hundreds injured.
The pregnant reality star was supporting her rapper boyfriend Travis Scott at the opening night of the two-day event in Houston, Texas when chaosbroke out among the 50,000 attendees.
Fans "began to compress" towards the front of the stage while Scott was performing, causing mass injuries and leaving many unable to breathe.
Jenner and the couple's daughter Stormi, 3, are not believed to be among the injured.
Scott has said he is "absolutely devastated" by the turn of events – while Jenner has been slammed online for sharing clips with her 280 million followers from backstage that show the "terrible" scenes.
The 24-year-old posted a series of videos to her Instagram story of Scott performing, including one which showed an ambulance making its way through the crowd of concertgoers.
It's not clear if Jenner knew what was unfolding in the footage she shared.
But it hasn't stopped social media slamming the former Keeping Up With The Kardashians star, prompting her to delete all her posts from the horror event.
Kylie Jenner posting pics on her IG stories of the EMT trucks driving through the injured crowd is the least surprising thing you’ll see all day. #astro#ASTROFESTpic.twitter.com/cPp0lF0Dsx
"The fact that Kylie posted a pic of an ambulance in the crowd at Astrofest and now it's deleted?? Say something boo do better," one raged on Twitter.
"Kylie being in the back ignoring what's going on as well ppl (sic) need medical attention," one claimed.
While one woman raged: "It is absolutely sickening the absolute disregard those fans has for other people's lives.
"It is also so gross to me Kylie Jenner just casually posted ambulances on her story. People were literally crushed to death."
While others branded the move "insensitive", "disgraceful", and "alarming".
Jenner has yet to comment, but Scott shared a heartfelt message on Twitter overnight.
"I'm absolutely devastated by what took place last night," he said.
"My prayers go out to the families and all those impacted by what happened at the Astroworld Festival.
Heartbreaking footage shows desperate crowd members scaling camera towers begging for help. Photo / TikTok/astroverse007
"Houston PD (Police Department) has my total support as they continue to look into the tragic loss of life.
"I am committed to working together with the Houston community to heal and support the families in need. Thank you to Houston PD, Fire Department and NRG Park for their immediate response and support.
The incident occurred on Friday night local time, with confronting footage from social media showing fans at the 50,000-strong event being treated by paramedics at the scene.
In one clip, a woman can be seen scaling a camera tower to beg for help, with little response to her desperate pleas.
"There's someone dead, stop the show," she can be heard yelling up to the staffer.
When no one responds to her please she then steps on to the platform and screams again while pointing down to the crowd below.
"There's someone dying in there, there's someone dying in there."
a statement from Astroworld's Twitter account organisers said their "hearts are with the Astroworld Festival family tonight – especially those we lost and their loved ones" and they are "focused on supporting local officials".
The exact cause of death for those caught up in tragedy is yet to be confirmed.
"We had at least eight confirmed fatalities tonight and scores of individuals that were injured," Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters.
"The mass casualty incident was triggered at 9.38 this evening."
