Treston Blount, the father of 9-year-old Ezra Blount, who was trampled at the Astroworld music festival, leaving him on life support.
Blount told ABC 13 Houston about the moments that led up to his son’s life-threatening injuries that have left the nine-year-old in a medically induced coma on life support.
“He was stoked. He was ready to go,” Blount told the news outlet. “When I found out that he was a big fan [of Travis Scott], I was like, “Oh yeah, we gotta go, we gotta go see Travis live.”
Treston told the news that when he and Ezra arrived at the festival, he made sure to remain further back in the crowd and far away from the stage.
“We was in the back, way in the back, and I figured, ‘Okay, this is cool,’ ’cause the front can get a little wild,” Blount explained.
However, even with his precautions, the concert still got out of control, and Treston passed out from the surge of pressure from the right crowd. Ezra, who was propped up on his father’s shoulders, then fell in the chaos and was trampled.
Treston said once he gained consciousness, Ezra had already been taken to the hospital because his major organs had been damaged and his brain swelled, the outlet reported.
“I could tell that he was damaged,” Treston said. I’m not ready to lose my boy at all. We still got a bunch of living to do … That’s my boy.”
The family has filed a lawsuit against Travis Scott and others alleging their “grossly negligent conduct” contributed to the boy’s life-threatening injuries.
