Emergency services respond to reports of a sign falling and injuring attendees at the Big Church Festival at Wiston Park in Steyning, West Sussex, on Friday, August 28. Multiple outlets report that emergency crews arrive shortly after 3.30pm after the incident, with paramedics treating several people on scene. The Independent says six people are injured.
Several reports describe the site as being put on lockdown, restricting people from getting in or out as medical teams attend the scene. One outlet also says the festival livestream cuts out during the incident. Coverage focuses on the disruption to festival operations while highlighting that ambulance crews and, in some accounts, critical care paramedics are at the location.
Outlets differ in emphasis: some stress the lockdown and inability to leave, while others focus on the livestream interruption and the number of reported casualties. All accounts attribute the disruption to the reported sign fall and resulting injuries, citing emergency response activity at the festival site.
