Man dies and six injured after huge sign falls in horror accident at Big Church Festival

The Christian festival in Sussex has been cancelled following the tragedy on Friday.

The main stage at Big Church Festival in West Sussex was left eerily quiet after tragedy struck yesterday afternoon with a 'large metal structure' falling on top of a group of people

One person has died after a sign fell on people at Big Church Festival in Steyning in West Sussex, with ambulance crews treating six people at the scene

The festival began on Friday and had been set to run until Sunday, but has been cancelled following the tragic incident

Police say at least six other people were also injured in the incident at the Big Church Festival.

A man has been killed and at least six other people have been injured after a large sign fell at a Christian festival in West Sussex

Police were called to the scene at the Big Church Festival off Washington Road near Steyning, on Friday afternoon, where the man, 41, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, was pronounced dead

Organisers have now cancelled the remainder of Big Church Festival, held in Sussex annually

Six more people hospitalised after incident at Big Church festival near Steyning A 41-year-old man has died and at least six other people have been injured after a large sign fell at a Christian festival in West Sussex, police said. The man, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, was pronounced dead at the scene after the incid

Christian festival cancelled as organisers ‘devastated’ by tragic incident

Man, 41, dies and six injured after sign falls at Christian festival in Sussex  ITVX

Witnesses report helicopters at the scene at Wiston Park, Steyning, West Sussex, with critical care medics also deployed. Paramedics have so far confirmed six patients.

Man dead and at least six injured by 'falling sign' at UK festival as organisers declare serious incident  lbc.co.uk

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A man has died and several others were injured after a large sign fell at a Christian festival in West Sussex today. The Big Church Festival, a Christian event in Wiston Park, Steyning, came to a halt today af

One person has died and six people have been injured in a "serious incident" at a Christian festival in West Sussex after a sign fell down on Friday.

Emergency services were called to the Big Church Festival in West Sussex just after 3.30pm today (Friday, August 28) after reports of a sign falling and injuring a number of people