"Standing room environments -- often called festival seating -- are the most dangerous and deadly crowd configuration at live entertainment events," he said. "When authorities say a surge happened quickly, that's not really how it works," he said. It will create the surge or the crowd crush or the crowd collapse, which occurred over time. The deadly Houston surge came hours after at least one person was injured when people rushed a VIP entrance on Friday afternoon, according to officials and video from the scene. They will also explore "what caused, one, the issue of the crowd surge, and two, what prevented people from being able to escape that situation," he added.

Source: CNN November 07, 2021 06:27 UTC