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“Diner killed by flying umbrella in freak accident at South Carolina restaurant“
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:01 am
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:01 am
New York Post
quote:This world is crazy. What a freak accident.
A female diner was killed in a freak accident in front of her family when an umbrella flew through the air and severed the artery in her neck, according to authorities in South Carolina.
Dana Weinger, 56, had been eating al fresco Saturday with her husband and other family members when she was killed at the Driftwood Grill Home of the Lazy Gator at Lake Marion in Summerton.
“It was a strong, strong wind, like a microburst that came through and knocked not just the umbrella, it knocked all of the furniture, and other debris came onto where they were sitting,” Clarendon County Coroner Jacqueline Blackwell told KTVB.
This post was edited on 5/26/26 at 9:03 am
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Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:02 am to Sofaking2
Final Destination right there
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:03 am to Sofaking2
Holy shite!
That's all I can say
That's all I can say
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:04 am to Sofaking2
quote:Ban al fresco
Dana Weinger, 56, had been eating al fresco Saturday with her husband
Never really developed a taste for it tbh.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:05 am to Sofaking2
I live in SC... coulda been me.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:06 am to UtahCajun
If that’s your wife or loved one how do even deal with that? Traumatic
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:06 am to Sofaking2
Happens a couple of times a year at the beach. Slicing the neck is a different approach though. The beach accidents usually have someone getting speared by the umbrella pole.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:08 am to jbgleason
I can see that at the beach. I can see it causing some injuries. Severing the neck artery while at a restaurant is pretty crazy.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:10 am to jbgleason
quote:
The beach accidents usually have someone getting speared by the umbrella pole.
That’s why they sell umbrella policies.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:12 am to HonoraryCoonass
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:23 am to Sofaking2
This post was edited on 5/26/26 at 9:24 am
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:24 am to HonoraryCoonass
quote:/thread
umbrella policies.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:44 am to jbgleason
quote:I may be the only one because my family laughs at me, but I get major anxiety on a really windy day at the beach because of umbrellas and tents. Doesn’t take too much for a gust to send an umbrella or a tailgate tent flying right into a child.
Happens a couple of times a year at the beach.
We now have the cloth ones where you fill the legs with sand so now I just have anxiety from the neighbors umbrella spearing my child in the face
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:53 am to Tifway419
You aren’t alone, I just don’t show my family the internal anxiety so they can continue to enjoy themselves while I’m watching upwind and getting accused of checking out the talent (I am, but I seem to always get caught when I’m not even looking at them)
Posted on 5/26/26 at 10:20 am to Tifway419
Unless it’s a hurricane or bad wind/rainstorm I never have anxiety over wind. At least not until today.
This post was edited on 5/26/26 at 10:21 am
Posted on 5/26/26 at 10:24 am to Shexter
Yes I saw the picture. I don’t understand how that stuff isn’t tied down better? It looks fairly light weight even though it has some surface area to the umbrella. Probably a very light aluminum.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 10:25 am to Sofaking2
That freaking sucks to go out that way... one moment relaxing while dining, the next, dead.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 10:28 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Had a good buddy die that way a few years ago. From N La. One of the nicest guys you'd ever meet.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 10:29 am to Sofaking2
Can you imagine witnessing this in person
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