{"id":285802,"date":"2026-05-27T06:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285802\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T06:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:08:20","slug":"woman-dies-after-being-hit-by-loose-umbrella-while-eating-at-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285802\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman dies after being hit by loose umbrella while eating at restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2026\/05\/25\/loose-umbrella-fatally-strikes-woman-lake-marion-restaurant-coroner-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2026\/05\/25\/loose-umbrella-fatally-strikes-woman-lake-marion-restaurant-coroner-says\/\">WIS<\/a>\/Gray News) &#8211; A woman died after being hit by a loose umbrella while eating at a restaurant Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to the Clarendon County coroner, the umbrella hit 56-year-old Dana Weinger in the neck, severing her carotid artery. She died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officials said the umbrella came loose during high winds Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In a Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DriftwoodGrillHomeOfTheLazyGator\/posts\/pfbid0h23y3UCErWZCe6tN7VQkW631v5Pg3QzjxhGTysb6kpJ5MVTzybR4P2q6xQEhRkxil?rdid=136A5514WcLe4kql#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DriftwoodGrillHomeOfTheLazyGator\/posts\/pfbid0h23y3UCErWZCe6tN7VQkW631v5Pg3QzjxhGTysb6kpJ5MVTzybR4P2q6xQEhRkxil?rdid=136A5514WcLe4kql#\">post<\/a>, Driftwood Grill wrote, \u201cOur hearts are with the family, friends, and loved ones affected by the tragic incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WIS via Gray Local Media, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. (WIS\/Gray News) &#8211; A woman died after being hit by a loose umbrella while eating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[121192,121193,121194,121191,232,234,233,121195],"class_list":["post-285802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-driftwood-grill","tag-driftwood-grill-accident","tag-driftwood-grill-death","tag-jacqueline-blackwell","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-umbrella-death"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}