South Australian influencer Eli Moulton ‘nearly decapitated' in freak clothing accident
Plus One dress hire owner Eli Moulton has told how she was 'nearly decapitated' and could have died when her outfit began to strangle her.
The Adelaide-based small business owner wore a flowing black Tinsley Tube dress and its matching, long scarf to the grand opening of Glenelg BMW on Saturday night.
But her flawless fashion sense almost became fatal when she got in her car and began to drive home.
'REMOVE your neck scarves before entering or operating any heavy machinery,' Moulton posted on Instagram alongside a photograph of a deep friction burn around her neck.
'Nearly decapitated myself getting the scarf tangled underneath the car on the way home.'
Fellow fashion influencer Joanna Arul Tropeano commented that Moulton is a 'fighter'.
'No scarf will break her,' she said.
'But also ... I cried when you told me. Glad we still have each other xx.'
Moulton later said she was going to get her neck medically bandaged, telling followers she is 'thriving and surviving'.
In 2010, a young Muslim mother wearing a hijab was strangled in a freak accident while go-karting with her family in NSW.
The 26-year-old died when her headscarf became entangled in the wheel of the go-kart and tightened around her neck during a family day out at Port Stephens, 220km north of Sydney.
Witnesses told the Sydney Morning Herald at the time the woman's clothing was 'wrapped around her neck'.
In 1927, dancer Isadora Duncan was killed when her long scarf caught in the wheel of a car she was travelling in, wrapping around the axle and fatally strangling her.
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