1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

CAR WAS IN PARK IDILING WHEN I GOT OUT TO ACCESS MAIL. CAR JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND BEGAN GOING IN REVERSE. IT CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED AND WAS GOING IN A CIRCLE WITH THE DRIVERS DOOR OPEN. I WAS HIT, NOCKED TO THE GROUND AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED. NEIGHBOR RESPONDED AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCESS CAR BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CAR MADE THREE CIRCLES IN THE CUL-DE-SAC AND THEN HIT THE MAIL BOX. FINIALLY A MAN WAS ABLE TO GET IN THE CAR AND GET IT STOPPED, I WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 5 DAYS WITH HEAD INJURY REQUIRING STITCHES AND OFF WORK AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITH VERTIGO WHICH IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM DESPITE TREATMENT AT A REHAB FACILITY. I ALSO HAD A FRACTURED WRIST AND SEVERE CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS OF THE FACE.*AK