US comedian Laura Clery has described how she narrowly escaped death after a 600lb refrigerator toppled onto her while she was at home with her two young children. The incident left her pinned beneath the massive appliance, struggling to breathe.
The Ordeal
In an Instagram post on Thursday, Clery called the experience the “most terrifying night of my life as a single mom.” She provided a more detailed account on Patreon, explaining that she saw her seven-year-old son, Alfie, climbing on the wall-mounted fridge and noticed it shift slightly.
“I ran over to push it back into place. I thought I’d just nudge it in and move on with my day like a woman who has control over her life. The second I pushed it, it came down on me,” she said.
Clery added: “I couldn’t move. Couldn’t breathe right. Was impossible to get off and I could feel myself losing consciousness. I’m just there, pinned under a fridge, thinking this is the dumbest way anyone has ever died.”
Rescue and Recovery
Fortunately, Clery managed to reach her phone and call 911. “I genuinely didn’t know if I was getting out of that alive. Thank God my phone was in my pocket and I was able to call 911,” she said. Firefighters had to use multiple personnel to lift the fridge off her. She was immediately taken to hospital.
Clery, who was previously married to British record producer Stephen Hilton and has two children, Alfie and Poppy, five, is now back home and recovering from the incident.
