A day at the beach for a North Carolina family nearly turned into a tragedy when a toddler was nearly impaled by a beach umbrella launched in the air by a sudden gust of wind. Ashton Duggan was with her husband and son in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, taking a video of her toddler hanging out in the sand when an umbrella came flying by, almost striking her son. The Waxhaw, North Carolina resident wanted to share the video to make beachgoers "super aware" of their surroundings. WOMAN IMPALED BY BEACH UMBRELLA ON NEW JERSEY SHORELast summer, a British tourist in New Jersey had her right ankle pierced by a wayward beach umbrella that was sent flying due to the "force of the wind." In 2016, a woman was killed in Virginia Beach when a windblown beach umbrella impaled her in the torso.

Source: Fox News June 18, 2019 17:26 UTC