This Day in History: Isadora Duncan, an American dancer, broke her neck in Nice, France on this day in 1927 when her long scarf became entangled in the open-spoked wheel and rear axle of the automobile in which she was riding.
"The 'long scarf syndrome' was first described in medical literature in 1971, when two skiers sustained head and neck injuries after the free ends of their scarves became entangled in ski tows. A year later, 11 more cases were described, involving entanglement of scarves in moving machinery. Five of the victims died from asphyxia due to strangulation, six suffered facial wounds and fractures." Source
One woman in Edinburgh in 2001 and another Indian woman in 2020 died when their scarves got caught in the spokes of a rickshaw.
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