As the cause of death for the 10 victims that died as a result of the Astroworld Festival tragedy was revealed Thursday, festival organizer and headliner Travis Scott has been meeting with mayors across the country to improve concert safety.
The “Highest in the Room” rapper has spent the past three weeks working with the United States Conference of Mayors to implement new safety procedures at festivals, according to Billboard. He also plans to involve representatives from the music industry, public safety, emergency response, event management, health care and technology, to create standardized health and safety measures at festivals nationwide.
A source says Scott has specifically reached out to officials of Live Nation, AEG, Spotify and Apple and other prominent companies in the music business.
The plan to be developed is titled “Festival Safety,” and is expected to be compiled between January and June 2022. It will be sent to 1,400 cities and will be publicly available online at the United States Conference of Mayors website.
As previously reported, the Harris County Medical Examiner’s office ruled all victims of the Astroworld tragedy on November 5 died of “compression asphyxia.” Of the 10 victims, only one, Danish Baig, 27, had a “contributory cause” due to the “combined toxic effects of cocaine, methamphetamine and ethanol,” the report states, according to ABC Houston affiliate KTRK.
In addition to Baig, the remaining identified victims were Rodolfo “Rudy” Peña, 23, Madison Dubiski, 23, Franco Patiño, 21, Jacob Jurinek, 20, John Hilgert, 14, Axel Acosta, 21, Briana Rodriguez, 16, Bharti Shahani, 22, and Ezra Blount, nine.
All the deaths were ruled accidental
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