Londoner impaled by beach umbrella while holidaying in New Jersey

A Londoner was impaled by a beach umbrella and had to be freed with a bolt cutter while holidaying in New Jersey.

Margaret Reynolds, 67, was at Seaside Heights yesterday when part of the umbrella pierced her right ankle and was driven completely through due to the “force of the wind”, the Asbury Park Press reported.

Borough Police Chief Tommy Boyd said fire crews had to use a bolt cutter on the umbrella to free her, and then put her in an ambulance.

She was then taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Centre, and her current condition is not known.

In a similar incident in 2015, a man from Virginia lost his eye after being impaled by a loose beach umbrella travelling at 40mph.

He lost his eye along with his sense of taste and smell while on holiday in Delaware.