“From time to time, people get hit by flying umbrellas or flying debris,” Ed Brazle, interim chief of the Virginia Beach Department of Emergency Medical Services, told The Virginian-Pilot, “but I’ve never heard of someone dying.”
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The incident is still under investigation.
Even though the chances of being impaled by an unsecured umbrella are extremely slim, it’s still smart to collapse yours when you’re not using it.
h/t: Cosmopolitan.com