Skip to content

Lifeguard impaled by umbrella at Jersey Shore in gruesome scene

ASBURY PARK, NJ - MAY 26: People visit the beach during Memorial Day weekend on May 26, 2019 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer and this year New Jersey has banned smoking and vaping on nearly every public beach under tougher new restrictions. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Fellow lifeguards, EMS fellow and others responded to a call of a young woman who had been impaled with a roughly 6-foot-long umbrella around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Asbury Park’s 3rd Avenue Beach, fire officials said.

“The umbrella went underneath her left shoulder and out the back,” Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy told The Post.

“It was protruding by about a foot,” he added about the grisly injury.

Responders had to use a bandsaw to cut off the stake in order to fit the woman into an ambulance.

The victim, who was conscious and alert throughout the incident, was rushed to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, Keddy said.

Today's News.
For Conservatives.
Every Single Day.

News Opt-in
(Optional) By checking this box you are opting in to receive news notifications from News Rollup. Text HELP for help, STOP to end. Message & data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Privacy Policy & Terms: textsinfo.com/PP
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.