The flyover caused a "disturbance on the beach."
Several agencies worked together to arrest more than 15 people in a joint effort to enforce the law on "Senior Skip Day" and spring break weekend, Galveston PD said.
The 18-year-old victim said the pole missed her artery by a centimeter.
Officials in New Jersey say a lifeguard was impaled by a beach umbrella on Wednesday morning.
Texas beachgoers may soon be better protected, as the funding is designed to reduce the risk of disease to people who use the nation's coastal recreation waters.
A drowning in a Galveston beach claimed the life of a 25-year-old woman from Houston overnight, according to Galveston Island Beach Patrol.