An Adelaide influencer suffered a freak accident this week when a fashion mishap almost ‘decapitated’ her.
Eli Moulton, who runs a dress hire business, was left ‘in a choke-hold’ after her sheer black scarf got caught beneath a moving car.
The mother-of-two told her Instagram followers on Sunday she was on her way home after an event in the beachside suburb of Glenelg when the accessory got tangled beneath her car and was torn off.
She rushed to hospital following the incident and was treated for a severe friction burn right around her neck.
Eli said she was still in ‘high spirits’ despite the terrifying accident and painful wound.
‘A reminder for the ladies: REMOVE your neck scarves before entering or operating any heavy machinery!’ she captioned a video of the aftermath.
Eli Moulton pictured wearing the dress and accompanying long scarf that almost ‘decapitated’ her
‘Nearly decapitated myself getting the scarf tangled underneath the car on the way home.’
In the clip Eli shared, she showed the strapless black dress and scarf – which draped down to ankle length – that she wore to the opening of BMW dealership in Glenelg.
‘The dress that had me in a choke-hold,’ she wrote over the video, which saw her smiling as she posed with a friend next to a BMW.
The montage then cut to pictures and video of a thick burn going around her neck where the scarf had been yanked off and rubbed her skin raw.
Just hours later, Eli took to her Stories to share another video of the wound, which had since begun to scab over and looked even more painful.
‘Not even the Paris filter can help me,’ Eli joked in the caption, alongside a skull emoji.
‘We are off to get this medically dressed—don’t worry folks. My spirits are still high. Thriving and surviving.’
The Adelaide influencer, a dress hire business owner in South Australia, was left ‘in a choke-hold’ after her sheer black scarf got caught beneath a moving car
She rushed to hospital following the incident and required medical treatment for a severe friction burn around her neck
Stunned fans flocked to her comments.
‘Omg! That looks so painful!’ one person wrote.
‘Eli! That is frightening. Looks sore too. Hope you are ok x,’ said another.
‘Fashion is a dangerous business. You poor love,’ fellow South Australian fashionista Rebecca Morse added.
Eli is a mother to three-year-old Teddy and newborn Rocky Bloom, whom she shares with chef Justin James.
