Astroworld: Boy, nine, dies 10 days after crush at Travis Scott festival

A nine-year-old boy has died after being trampled during a crowd surge at the Astroworld festival in Houston, Texas, a family lawyer says.

Ezra Blount had been placed in a medically induced coma due to severe brain and organ trauma on 5 November.

He is the youngest of 10 concertgoers to have been killed after panic broke out during rapper Travis Scott's headline show.

Hundreds of others were hurt when the crowd began to press towards the stage.

Attorneys representing more than 200 people claiming they were injured in the stampede told reporters on Friday they were filing another 90 lawsuits against the promoters of the event.

On Sunday, a lawyer for the family of Ezra Blount confirmed the boy's death.

"Ezra's death is absolutely heartbreaking," civil rights attorney Ben Crump said in a statement. "This should not have been the outcome of taking their son to a concert."

Mr Crump has previously said promoters and organisers cannot allow something like this to happen again.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said he was "saddened to learn of Ezra's death".

"Our city tonight prays for his mom, dad, grandparents, other family members and classmates at this time," he wrote in a tweet.

The crowd surge at the concert began at about 21:15 local time on Friday, 5 November. There were about 50,000 people at the festival at the city's NRG Park complex.

As the crush began causing injuries to people, panic grew and the casualties quickly overwhelmed the on-site first aiders, officials said.

Investigators are reviewing video from the scene to explore the causes of the surge and what had prevented people from being able to escape. They are also working to interview victims and witnesses.

Those who lost their lives are aged between nine and 27.

Scott, one of the biggest names in rap music, launched Astroworld with concert promoters Live Nation in 2018.

He has asked victims to reach out to him, saying he "desperately wishes to share his condolences and provide aid", according to a statement.

Last week, Houston fire chief Samuel Peña said that Scott should have halted the show more quickly.

"At one point there was an ambulance that was trying to make its way through the crowd. The artist has command of that crowd," Mr Peña told NBC's Today show.