US comedian Laura Clery has described how she nearly died when a 600lb fridge fell on her at home, pinning her to the floor and making it difficult to breathe. The incident occurred while she was alone with her two young children.
In an Instagram post on Thursday, Clery said the experience was the “most terrifying night of my life as a single mom”. She explained that her seven-year-old son, Alfie, had been climbing on the wall-mounted fridge, causing it to shift. She ran over to push it back into place, but the fridge fell on top of her.
“I couldn’t move. Couldn’t breathe right. Was impossible to get off and I could feel myself losing consciousness,” she wrote. “I’m just there, pinned under a fridge, thinking this is the dumbest way anyone has ever died.”
Fortunately, Clery was able to reach her phone and call 911. Firefighters arrived and lifted the fridge off her. She is now back home recovering. Clery was previously married to British record producer Stephen Hilton, with whom she has two children, Alfie and five-year-old Poppy.
