

In the release, SIU Chancellor Austin Lane said Jurinek “was a creative, intelligent young man, with a promising career in journalism and advertising”. Jurinek was a junior studying journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, the school says. Illinois college student Jacob Jurinek was among the eight people who died on Friday, according to a statement released by his university.

Jacob Jurinek, 20 Jacob Jurinek was a junior studying journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It was filed by an injured concertgoer who called the incident a “predictable and preventable tragedy.”īasil Baig said his brother’s fiancée survived but is bruised all over her body and is traumatised. Credit: Amy Harris /APĪs the victims of the tragedy are remembered, Travis Scott and other organisers of the Astroworld music festival face at least one lawsuit over Friday’s deadly crowd surge, according to Billboard. Travis Scott performs on day one of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday, November 5, 2021, in Houston. As of Sunday, 13 people remained hospitalised.Ĭity officials said they were in the early stages of investigating what caused the pandemonium at the sold-out event founded by Scott. The dead ranged from 14 to 27 years old, according to Houston officials. Mary Benton, a spokeswoman in Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s office, said identities were expected to be made public on Monday. 7, 2021 in memory of her friend, Rudy Pena. Stacey Sarmiento places flowers at a memorial in Houston on Sunday, Nov.

Authorities said Sunday they wouldn’t release the names of the dead, but family members and friends shared accounts of their loved ones with journalists and through social media.
