EDMONTON – An inquiry into the death of a spectator at an Alberta music festival when high winds caused a stage to collapse is recommending national design standards for temporary stages.
The fatality inquiry report says Donna Moore suffocated when speakers at the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose fell on her on Aug. 1, 2009.
The single mother from Lloydminster was sitting very close to the stage.
About 75 other people were hurt at the festival after a storm ripped through the area with about 20 minutes warning.
The inquiry judge’s report also recommends that festival promoters should retain a professional meteorologist to provide routine and updated weather predictions.
The Alberta government laid several charges against three companies involved with the festival, but the charges were stayed in 2012.
