A lifeguard is in the hospital after she was impaled by an umbrella at a New Jersey beach on Wednesday morning, officials ...

The victim had been attempting to “control” the umbrella from her lifeguard tower when she fell and became impaled, an ...

"I will say tough is a good word to use to describe her," Keddy said. LIGHTNING STRIKE INJURES 20 AT POPULAR SOUTH CAROLINA VACATION GETAWAY People on a beach in Asbury Park, N.J., Aug. 3, 2024.

Officials said that a beach umbrella impaled a New Jersey lifeguard on June 25 “It was protruding by about a foot,” Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy said ...

“The umbrella went underneath her left shoulder and out the back,” Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy told The Post. A woman was impaled on the beach in Asbury Park. Getty Images ...

The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Asbury Park Beach, Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy told Nexstar’s WPHL.

According to Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy, the incident happened about 9:30 a.m. along 3rd Street, when a lifeguard, believed to be in her 20s, was chasing an umbrella after it was caught by ...

MORE: 4 tips for keeping your beach umbrella secure this summer. Paramedics then responded and took the lifeguard to a hospital, Keddy said, adding she was conscious and alert the whole time.

Approximately one foot of the umbrella's pole had exited her body, Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy told ABC News. ... Keddy said. Paramedics transported the lifeguard to a nearby hospital.

Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy told ABC News that the woman was found on the ground near the lifeguard stand with an umbrella stake that pierced the front of her left shoulder. The object was ...

"I will say tough is a good word to use to describe her," Keddy said. LIGHTNING STRIKE INJURES 20 AT POPULAR SOUTH CAROLINA VACATION GETAWAY People on a beach in Asbury Park, N.J., Aug. 3, 2024.