A lifeguard who was impaled by a 6-foot umbrella at a New Jersey beach is now recovering in a hospital, according to local officials.
The woman was found wounded on the ground near her lifeguard stand on Asbury Park’s 3rd Avenue Beach.
The umbrella pierced her left shoulder and continued through the front of her arm. Approximately one foot of the umbrella’s pole had exited her body, Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy told ABC News.
Other lifeguards rushed to her aid and provided assistance until firefighters arrived to stabilize her. Firefighters responding to the call had to cut the umbrella stake in the front in order to better manage her wound, Keddy said.