ON THE AFTERNOON OF 2/19/2011, WAS DRIVING ABOVE VEHICLE. WHILE ADJUSTING INTO A PARKING SPACE (GOING VERY SLOWLY), CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO TOP SPEED (140 MPH?) I THEN ATTEMPTED TO STOP CAR BY DRIVING ON THE NEAREST SIDEWALK TO AVOID HITTING CARS ON STREET. AT THIS TOP SPEED I CRASHED INTO A CHAIN LINK FENCE TEARING IT DOWN AND THEN TURNED AND FINALLY STOPPED BY HITTING A TREE. MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT CAR WAS TOTALED AND I WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL IN NORTHEAST PHILA. WITH SEVERE INJURIES. MY RIGHT ARM WAS BROKEN IN TWO PLACES REQUIRING SURGERY AND MY RIBS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED. BOTH LEGS WERE EXTREMELY BRUISED. I SPENT TWO WEEKS IN TWO PHILA. AREA HOSPITALS AND THEN A MONTH IN A NURSING HOME IN WARMINSTER, PA. UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO WALK WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. AM STILL REQUIRED TO USE A CANE. *TR