A man dies after a sign falls at the Big Church Festival on the Wiston Estate near Steyning in West Sussex. Reports say the incident occurs at about 3:38pm on Friday during high winds. Emergency services are called to the festival site to respond to the incident.
Local reporting describes witnesses running to help the injured man and the scene before responders arrive. While both accounts focus on the death and the windy conditions, they rely on similar details of the time, location, and the nature of the hazard involving a festival sign. Authorities have not been described in the provided excerpts, and no additional official conclusions about the cause or whether any charges or investigations are underway are included in these summaries.
