1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT THE VEHICLE INTO "PARK" AND PROCEEDED TO STEP FROM THE VEHICLE. AS I EMERGED FROM THE VEHICLE IT SLIPPED INTO REVERSE. THE OPEN DOOR KNOCKED ME DOWN, UNDER THE VEHICLE. AS I FELL I GRABBED THE SIDE OF THE MOVING VEHICLE AND WAS DRAGGED BACKWARDS AS THE CAR MOVED IN REVERSE. BY SCRAMBLING AS THE TIRE HIT MY LEFT SIDE I WAS ABLE TO GET MOST OF ME OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, EVERYTHING EXCEPT MY RIGHT FOOT. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE RAN UP ON MY FOOT AND WAS STOPPED BY MY LEG. I WAS NOW PINNED UNDER THE TIRE IN A SITTING POSITION. I THEN REACHED INTO THE CAR AND PUT THE VEHICLE INTO "PARK" AGAIN TO KEEP IT FROM RUNNING ME OVER ANY FURTHER. SINCE I WAS ALONE ON A DARK ROAD I KNEW I HAD TO GET THE TIRE OFF MY FOOT SO I PUT IT INTO "DRIVE" BY REACHING IN WITH MY OTHER HAND AND HOLDING THE BRAKE. I SCRAMBLED OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE AS IT RAN OFF INTO A DITCH. I SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEG AND TORN LIGAMENTS. I HAD TO UNDERGO SURGERY TO REPAIR THE TORN LIGAMENT, WEAR A CAST FOR THE BROKEN LEG AND UNDERGO REHABILITATION. *AK