Colorado woman trapped for days in Park County car crash sues GM

Kristin Hopkins spent more than two months in a hospital following a near-fatal crash that left her crushed and trapped upside down in her car for nearly a week.

She was back at her Highlands Ranch home learning to use her new prosthetics — her legs had been amputated at the knee — when she received a recall notice for her 2009 Chevy Malibu.

Hopkins had one thought as she read the letter from General Motors.

"That explains a lot," she said.

The dramatic crash, in which Hopkins careened off U.S. 285 near Fairplay and tumbled 140 feet down an embankment into an aspen grove , and her improbable survival made national headlines. She spoke to The Denver Post about her 18 months of recovery and her decision to take on the country's largest automaker.