Yes, it looks like a few others are experiencing crash bugs with companions, but your bug isn't theirs: yours has to do with a specific area--not a companion. (Since you can drop your companion from your party, I'm assuming you've tried this in order to work through the area, but found it didn't solve the problem.) So why not post it? And why not contact tech support, directly? That would seem to be the logical course of action. If we all waited for bug-free games, we would end up waiting forever.
