(CNN) -- Two high school students, a mechanical engineering technology student from Illinois and a man who was trying to save his fiancée are among the eight people who died at the Astroworld Festival in Houston on Friday night, authorities said. John Hilgert, 14Hilgert was a freshman at Memorial High School in Houston, Spring Branch Independent School District spokesperson Terry Abbott told CNN. Memorial High School Principal Lisa Weir sent a letter Saturday to parents at the school, informing them of the death. Brianna Rodriguez, 16Rodriguez was a junior at Heights High School in Houston, according to a verified GoFundMe account established by her family. "People would admire him for who he was," Basil Baig told CNN.

Source: CNN November 08, 2021 02:24 UTC