Astroworld tragedy: 22-year-old Bharti Shahani dies of injuries from Travis Scott concert - KTRK-TV

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Bharti Shahani, the 22-year-old Texas A&M University senior who had been hospitalized after the Astroworld Festival, has died, becoming the ninth concertgoer to lose his or her life from the Travis Scott show six days ago.

The attorney of Shahani's family announced on Thursday that she succumbed to her critical injuries just the evening before.

Up until her passing, the young woman's family said she had been on a ventilator. She showed no brain activity shortly after her hospitalization.

Shahani, her sister Namrata Shahani and her cousin Mohit Bellani went to the concert together, but lost each other when the crowd surged.

"Once one person fell, people started toppling like dominos. It was like a sinkhole. People were falling on top of each other," Bellani said. "There were like layers of bodies on the ground, like two people thick. We were fighting to come up to the top and breathe to stay alive."

Bharti was taken to Houston Methodist Hospital by ambulance. Paramedics gave her CPR on the way there.

Family has said Bharti had suffered multiple heart attacks.
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Bharti has been studying electronics systems engineering at TAMU, and is set to graduate in the spring. She has already secured a summer internship, and her father said she planned on taking over the family business after graduating.

Bharti's family has set up a GoFundMe. If you'd like to donate, head to this page on the GoFundMe website.

Another concertgoer, 9-year-old Ezra Blount, remains hospitalized. Similar to Shahani, Ezra has shown no brain activity shortly after he was admitted into Texas Children's Hospital.

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