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Loose umbrella fatally strikes woman at Lake Marion restaurant, coroner says
CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) – A Huger woman died after being hit by an umbrella during storms that hit the Midlands Saturday night.
According to Clarendon County Coroner Jacqueline Blackwell, a 56-year-old woman from Huger died while eating at the Driftwood Grill, a Lake Marion restaurant, Saturday night after an umbrella got loose and hit her.
Clarendon County Sheriff Tim Baxley said the umbrella hit her in the neck, severing her carotid artery. Blackwell confirmed she died at the scene.
Officials attribute the umbrella coming loose to high winds during the Saturday night storms.
According to the coroner’s office, an autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.
US woman killed by umbrella blown by wind at South Carolina restaurant
A 56-year-old woman died after being struck in the neck by a table umbrella dislodged by wind at a South Carolina restaurant.
The woman was dining on the patio of Driftwood Grill in Summerton on 23 May with her husband when a strong and sudden wind blew the umbrella from the table, hitting her head and neck, according to the Clarendon County Coroner's Office.
First responders found the woman – identified as Dana Winger of Huger -unresponsive with a cut and were not able to revive her.
"Our hearts are with the family, friends, and loved ones affected by the tragic incident during last night's sudden severe weather event at Lake Marion," the Driftwood Grill said in a post on Facebook.
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Woman killed by flying patio umbrella while dining at South Carolina restaurant
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A South Carolina woman dining at a restaurant with her husband was killed Friday night after she was struck in the head and neck by a flying patio umbrella.
Authorities were called to the Driftwood Grill in Summerton, South Carolina, at around 7:40 p.m. and found the woman, identified as Dana Winger, unresponsive with a laceration wound, the Clarendon County Coroner’s Office said in a statement.
Winger and her husband were eating at the restaurant when a gust of wind blew the umbrella from a table and hit her in the head and neck area, the coroner’s office said.
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