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Girl killed after being struck by an umbrella blown within the wind at a South Carolina seashore

Tammy Perreault, 63, was struck by the umbrella whereas at Seaside Entry 14, in line with a Horry County Emergency Administration incident report.

In line with the report, witnesses mentioned an umbrella from the Sea Watch Resort had been blown from the bottom into the air.

The umbrella tumbled “finish over finish down the seashore till it struck the sufferer on the left aspect of the higher torso,” the report mentioned.

Perreault was transferred to an area hospital the place she was pronounced lifeless.

Horry County Deputy Coroner Dale Trevathan instructed CNN by telephone that Perreault’s explanation for dying was “chest trauma by the umbrella shaft.”

He mentioned the sufferer died on the best way to the hospital.

Myrtle Seaside is situated in Horry County.

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