This is the facts about the incident from one of the directors, who is a personal friend of mine and was OK about me quoting the info below..

The people were on the bridge either going away or coming in when they were struck.

The Crane had nothing to do with the festival, it was to do with the a new building for the school close by.

The festival wasn't stopped becuase of the people that were hit. In actual fact, the wiring at the marquee was under water and posed a dangerous situation, so it was stopped for that reason.

John Cross was not a steward to my friends knwoledge.

This is not meant to cause controvesy, but merely aimed at getting the facts as correct as possible.

At the end of the day, it is still very sad and does put a downer on the event.