Wind sweeps up beach umbrella, impales woman

By Jenny Goldsberry

Published August 12, 2022 3:39pm ET

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Wind sweeps up beach umbrella, impales woman — A 63-year-old woman died after being impaled by a windblown beach umbrella on a South Carolina beach on Wednesday. The umbrella’s wide canopy got caught in a strong wind, which lifted it up in the air around 12:40 p.m. and impaled Tammy Perreault in the chest with its spiked end. Perreault was at a Garden […]

A 63-year-old woman died after being impaled by a windblown beach umbrella on a South Carolina beach on Wednesday.

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