Houston: An Indian origin student, Bharti Shahani, 22, succumbed to her injuries sustained during the deadly crowd surge at rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival. This took the toll in the tragedy to 9, said Bharti’s family.
Bharti was about to graduate from Texas A&M University in the spring. She passed away on Wednesday night following a severe brain injury on November 5. According to her family, she was on a ventilator.
The heartbroken family of Bharti confirmed on Thursday that she has been declared dead after she suffered injuries during the chaos at the Astroworld Festival.
“She was like an angel to us,” Bharti’s father Sunny said. Her mother and other family members were in a state of shock.