Maryland woman impaled in the chest by an umbrella

A spokeswoman for a seaside town in Maryland reports that a woman was accidentally impaled in the chest by an umbrella during the second such incident on the east coast.

Jessica Waters, spokeswoman for Ocean City. on the beach. She says that the 54-year-old woman was conscious, but that her condition is not known yet. The Washington Post reported that the umbrella had taken off under the effect of a gust of wind.

A witness said that the pointed end of the umbrella, the one that had the habit of rolling in the sand, impaled the woman

helicopter took the woman for medical care. His name was not immediately published.

Last week, a woman was impaled by an umbrella on the New Jersey coast. Authorities said that part of the umbrella pierced the woman's ankle after being pushed by the force of the wind.

Associated Press contributed to this report