More than a month after the tragic crowd surge that took place at Travis Scott’s 2021 Astroworld Festival, the Harris County Medical Examiner has ruled that the victims died from compression asphyxia.

The report also declared that all the deaths were accidental.  Of the ten casualties, only one was found to have other contributing factors, described as “combined toxic effects of cocaine, methamphetamine, and ethanol”.

Roughly 300 people were injured at the festival, with 25 hospitalised for their injuries. Eight people died on the night of the concert, with two more losing their lives in the following days.

The youngest victim, nine-year-old Ezra Blount, passed away after being placed in a medically induced coma for a week. The others who died ranged in ages from 14 to 27.

A report by the Washington Post found that 7 of the 10 victims of the crowd surge were standing in the same small and overcrowded area of the festival.

Last week, Travis Scott sought to be dismissed from multiple lawsuits levelled against him. The rapper has found himself named in nearly every one of the almost 300 lawsuits filed in Harris County. Astroworld promoters Live Nation and its subsidiary ScoreMore have also denied all the allegations against them.

The rapper offered to pay for the cost of the victims' funerals, although half of the victims’ families rejected the offer - lawyers representing the families calling the proposal "bullshit", "demeaning" and "really inappropriate."

The finding by the medical examiner may affect the criminal investigation into the tragedy.

An event operations plan for the festival detailed protocols for a number of dangerous scenarios, including a shooter, bomb or terrorist threats, and severe weather. The plan, though, did not contain any protocol for a crowd surge.