Teh One Who Knocks
06-10-2016, 11:02 AM
FOX News
A woman celebrating her 55th birthday at Virginia Beach died Wednesday after she was impaled by a windblown beach umbrella, police told FoxNews.com.
Virginia Beach police said the umbrella was anchored in the sand when a strong gust of wind carried it, hitting the 55-year-old woman from the town of Chester. WKTR.com identified the woman as Lottie Belk.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Workers of Sunrise Beach Service tell me it was 1 of these umbrellas that struck/killed woman yday on beach <a href="https://twitter.com/WTKR3">@WTKR3</a> <a href="https://t.co/uwaHB0oEWE">pic.twitter.com/uwaHB0oEWE</a></p>— Stefania Okolič (@StefaniaOkolie) <a href="https://twitter.com/StefaniaOkolie/status/740881452917743617">June 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Emergency crews responded after receiving a 911 call at about 5 p.m. regarding a woman in cardiac arrest. The woman was impaled in the torso, Tonya Pierce, the police spokeswoman, said.
When medics arrived, they found the woman with a life-threatening injury. The woman was taken to a hospital, where she died.
One witness told WKTR.com that the gusting winds during the incident were reminiscent of the tornado scene in “The Wizard of Oz.”
A woman celebrating her 55th birthday at Virginia Beach died Wednesday after she was impaled by a windblown beach umbrella, police told FoxNews.com.
Virginia Beach police said the umbrella was anchored in the sand when a strong gust of wind carried it, hitting the 55-year-old woman from the town of Chester. WKTR.com identified the woman as Lottie Belk.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Workers of Sunrise Beach Service tell me it was 1 of these umbrellas that struck/killed woman yday on beach <a href="https://twitter.com/WTKR3">@WTKR3</a> <a href="https://t.co/uwaHB0oEWE">pic.twitter.com/uwaHB0oEWE</a></p>— Stefania Okolič (@StefaniaOkolie) <a href="https://twitter.com/StefaniaOkolie/status/740881452917743617">June 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Emergency crews responded after receiving a 911 call at about 5 p.m. regarding a woman in cardiac arrest. The woman was impaled in the torso, Tonya Pierce, the police spokeswoman, said.
When medics arrived, they found the woman with a life-threatening injury. The woman was taken to a hospital, where she died.
One witness told WKTR.com that the gusting winds during the incident were reminiscent of the tornado scene in “The Wizard of Oz.”