Astroworld Deaths: Here Are 7 Of 8 Who Died At The Festival

Several victims of the fatal crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas, have been identified.

Eight people lost their lives and hundreds were injured after 50,000 audience members at Houston's NRG Park surged toward the venue's stage during rapper Travis Scott's set at the Astroworld Festival 2021 Friday.

Seven out of the eight deceased have been identified as high schoolers John Hilgert and Brianna Rodriguez, university students Jacob E. Jurinek, Franco Patino and Alex Acosta, as well as Danish Baig and Rudy Peña, The New York Times reported. They ranged in age from 14 to 27 years old.

Hilgert, a 14-year-old freshman at Houston's Memorial High School, was the youngest to die at the Astroworld Festival, authorities said. He was identified in an email sent to the entire school by principal Lisa Weir the morning after the incident.

Hilgert reportedly told friends he wanted to go to Scott's performance early so he could get a good view.

The second youngest victim to be identified was 16-year-old Rodriguez, who was a drill dancer at Heights High School in Houston.

Heights High School principal Wendy L. Hampton told parents in an automated phone call Saturday that a student died off campus Friday night, but she did not identify the student.

A GoFundMe page for Rodriguez, however, was launched to cover the teen’s funeral expenses, and her band program paid tribute to her on Twitter Saturday. Rodriguez's GoFundMe has since raised $46,542 out of its initial $30,000 goal.

Two of the Astroworld Festival victims, Jurinek and Patino, were best friends who attended the concert to celebrate the former's upcoming birthday on Nov. 21, a report by The Washington Post said. Jurinek, an arts and media junior at the Southern Illinois University, would have turned 21 this month.

Patino, 21, was a few months away from graduating from the University of Dayton with a degree in mechanical engineering. His heart had "stopped" amid the surge at the concert, which he had "saved for months" to attend, according to his mother, Teresita Patino.

The last student to be confirmed as a victim was 21-year-old Acosta, according to The New York Times. The Western Washington University computer science junior was identified by his brother, Joel Acosta, as the man in a photograph circulated by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences Sunday.

The remaining identified victims were Baig, 27, and Peña, 23. The former was a Pakistan-born Texan who reportedly died protecting his future sister-in-law during Friday's crowd surge, while the latter was taken to Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, where staff members told his mother he had died.

Hundreds — including a 10-year-old — also suffered injuries from the Astroworld Festival incident. At least 13 victims, which included five minors, remained hospitalized as of Saturday afternoon, according to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner.

Authorities in Texas opened a criminal investigation into the incident Saturday.

The festival's organizers have been accused of ignoring fans' pleas to shut down the concert following the fatalities from the surge.

Scott, who has since been sued over Friday's incident, claimed he was unaware of the fatalities from the surge until he ended his set on stage.