US comedian Laura Clery nearly died when a wall-mounted refrigerator collapsed on top of her at home, trapping her under 600 pounds of steel and glass while her young children were nearby.
The incident unfolded after Clery spotted her seven-year-old son Alfie climbing on the fridge. As she moved to push it back into place, the appliance suddenly came down on her with full force. "The second I pushed it, it came down on me," she recounted in a detailed post shared Thursday on Instagram and expanded on her Patreon page.
Pinned beneath the massive appliance, Clery found herself unable to breathe properly or move. "I couldn't move. Couldn't breathe right. Was impossible to get off and I could feel myself losing consciousness," she said. The comedian described the surreal moment of lying trapped, convinced she was facing death. "I'm just there, pinned under a fridge, thinking this is the dumbest way anyone has ever died," she wrote.
What saved her life was quick thinking and proximity. With her phone in her pocket, Clery managed to reach it and dial 911. Emergency responders arrived and it took multiple firefighters working together to lift the refrigerator off her body.
She was rushed to the hospital for evaluation and treatment. Clery, who shares two children with British record producer Stephen Hilton, is now recovering at home from the harrowing experience. In her social media post, she called it "the most terrifying night of my life as a single mom" and expressed gratitude that she survived what could have been a fatal accident.
Author James Rodriguez: "A 600lb fridge nearly became a tombstone because a kid climbed on it. This is the kind of domestic hazard nobody thinks about until it's too late."
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