A freak accident involving a restaurant umbrella in a small South Carolina lake town led to a woman's death over the weekend, according to local authorities. Dana Weinger, 56, was enjoying a night out at Driftwood Grill Home of the Lazy Gator at Lake Marion in Summerton, South Carolina, with her husband and other family members Saturday night when a gust of wind dislodged an umbrella, turning it into a projectile. The umbrella struck Weinger in the neck, severing her carotid artery, Clarendon County Sheriff Tim Baxley told WIS 10 . Local EMS workers responded to the scene, where Weinger was found unresponsive. She died at the scene. TEEN LIFEGUARD IMPALED BY BEACH UMBRELLA RETURNS TO WORK AFTER FREAK ACCIDENT: ‘I’M PRETTY GOOD’ Clarendon County Coroner Jacqueline Blackwell described the accident in an interview with KTVB . "This is not an everyday occurrence," Blackwell reportedly said. "This is just one of those tragic things that happen." "It was a stro...
Notre Dame's Josh Yago delivered one of the best scenes of Memorial Day before the NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse championship even started. Yago, a graduate transfer from Air Force and a second lieutenant in the U.S. Space Force, stood at attention and saluted during the national anthem before Notre Dame faced Princeton on Monday afternoon in Charlottesville. It was an awesome moment. Several videos of Yago posted on social media quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of views. "SportsCenter" posted the full video of Yago standing on the Notre Dame sideline in full Fighting Irish gear, helmet off, with his right hand raised in salute while "The Star-Spangled Banner" played. KID ROCK SHARES PATRIOTIC MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE TO FALLEN US TROOPS On a normal day, it would've been a cool moment. On Memorial Day? It was perfect. Yago isn’t just another college athlete who happened to be shown on camera during the anthem. He spent his first four years at Air Forc...