Laura Clery says 600-pound fridge pinned her against counter

Laura Clery says a 600 pound fridge slammed into her and pinned her against the counter while she was home alone getting ready for bed earlier this week. The 39-year-old comedian and YouTuber said she could not move or breathe and did not know if she would get out alive.

She later said it took three firefighters to lift the appliance off her after she called 911 from a phone in her pocket. Clery was taken to a trauma center, then posted photos from the ambulance and hospital as she recovered.

Clery’s 911 call

Clery said Thursday that the night was “the most terrifying night of my life as a single mom,” adding, “I was home alone getting ready for bed when my 600 pound fridge slammed into me and pinned me against the counter.” She also wrote, “I couldn’t move” and “couldn’t breathe,” before adding, “I genuinely didn’t know if I was getting out of that alive.”

The 911 call came from her pocket, which gave first responders a way in before the situation turned worse. Three firefighters then lifted the fridge off her, and one of them told her they were taking her to a trauma center.

Trauma center ride

Clery shared video of herself being rushed into an ambulance, where she asked responders if they thought she had broken anything. She later wrote on Patreon that “the pain was so intense it almost didn’t feel real,” and the footage captured her moaning, “F---k, it hurts.”

The injury was not a minor home mishap; it was the kind of crush event that can turn a normal evening into an emergency response. Clery said she is now back home recovering, but the trauma-center transfer shows how quickly the situation crossed into a serious medical incident.

Alfie and Poppy

Clery said her daughter Penelope’s crying made her panic even more, and that her son Alfie “ran outside, probably scared out of his mind.” She shares Alfie, 7, and Poppy, 5, with her ex-husband, Stephen Hilton.

Her own joke was grim: “This is the dumbest way anyone has ever died.” That line lands because the facts around it do not read like a joke at all — a 600 pound appliance, three firefighters, a 911 call, and a trip to a trauma center make this a serious injury case disguised as dark comedy.

For Clery, the immediate question is recovery, not the setup. She is home now, but after a crush injury severe enough to require firefighters to pry her free and hospital photos to follow, the next step is simple: rest, medical follow-up, and keeping the family out of another scare like this one.