Laura Clery at the 2017 Streamy Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel on 26 September 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. Photograph: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenLaura Clery at the 2017 Streamy Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel on 26 September 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. Photograph: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images‘Dumbest way to die’: US comedian recounts moment her 600lb fridge fell on herLaura Clery says she was able to call 911 and have the fridge lifted off her by firefighters after she was pinned under it
US comedian Laura Clery has described how she almost died when her 600lb fridge fell on her while she was at home with her two young children and found herself pinned under the massive appliance and struggling to breathe.
In an Instagram post on Thursday, Clery said the experience was the “most terrifying night of my life as a single mom”.
Clery said in the post – and in a more extensive account posted to Patreon – that she had spotted her young son, Alfie, seven, climbing on the wall-mounted fridge and seen 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.
She 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.”
Luckily, Clery was able to reach her phone and call for help. “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, adding that it took multiple firefighters to lift the fridge off her.
Clery was once married to British record producer Stephen Hilton with whom she had two children, Alfie and Poppy, five. She is now back home and recovering from the incident.
