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South Carolina woman killed by flying umbrella at the beach
A woman was killed Wednesday after being impaled by a beach umbrella in Garden City.
Posted — UpdatedGARDEN CITY, S.C. — A woman was killed Wednesday after being impaled by a beach umbrella in Garden City.
Local officials said Tammy Perreault, 63, of Surfside, was struck by a beach umbrella that was carried by the wind.
Suffering from chest trauma, she was taken to a local emergency room where she succumbed to her injuries only an hour later.
It’s not unheard of for beach umbrellas to cause serious injuries or death.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that there were roughly 2,800 unconfirmed beach umbrella-related injuries between 2010 to 2018.
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