{"id":3217,"date":"2026-05-26T16:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:56:06","slug":"woman-killed-by-patio-umbrella-while-dining-at-lakeside-restaurant-coroner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3217","title":{"rendered":"Woman killed by patio umbrella while dining at lakeside restaurant: Coroner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A woman died after being struck by a patio umbrella during strong winds at a lakeside South Carolina restaurant over Memorial Day weekend, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident occurred Saturday evening at a restaurant along Lake Marion in Summerton, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The woman and her husband were dining on the restaurant&#8217;s patio &#8220;when a sudden strong wind blew an umbrella from a table,&#8221; striking the woman in the head and neck area, the Clarendon County Coroner&#8217;s Office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Skydiver dead, another injured after midair collision in Washington state, authorities say<\/p>\n<div class=\"mb-4\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">First responders found the woman unresponsive with lacerations to her head and neck area, and she was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the coroner&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The victim is a woman from Huger, South Carolina, the coroner&#8217;s office said. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-lg\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/jN_q.qYF3VHIiU1JhllorA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYwMDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/us.abcnews.go.com\/8e2b4830f5a67298e15efc140d2fb2a0\" alt=\"Adobe Stock - PHOTO: Lake Marion in Summerton, South Carolina.\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><button class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-rapid_p=\"61\" data-y-link-id=\"0k9r3sh1jnwzv41b2zfq\" data-v9y=\"1\"><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div>Adobe Stock &#8211; PHOTO: Lake Marion in Summerton, South Carolina.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The death is being investigated as an accident, the coroner&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The restaurant, Driftwood Grill Home of the Lazy Gator, confirmed the incident occurred at its restaurant during a &#8220;sudden severe weather event at Lake Marion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This has deeply affected many people in our community, including guests, staff, first responders, and everyone involved,&#8221; the restaurant said in a\u00a0statement\u00a0Sunday on social media. &#8220;Out of respect for the family and those impacted, we ask for continued prayers, compassion, and privacy during this incredibly difficult time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Body of missing Kentucky student found after weekslong search: Police<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The restaurant said it held a support session on Monday with authorities, chaplains and others for those impacted by the &#8220;tragic&#8221; incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This has impacted many people &#8212; including staff members, guests, first responders, families, and community members &#8212; and we are grateful for the continued support, prayers, understanding, and encouragement being shown throughout the area,&#8221; the\u00a0statement\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>ABC News&#8217; Jason Volack contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman died after being struck by a patio umbrella during strong winds at a lakeside South Carolina<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,7,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accident","category-news","category-us"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3219,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217\/revisions\/3219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}