NHTSA Complaint #11386382 — 2017 GMC ACADIA

ON DECEMBER 29, 2020, I WAS GOING TO VISIT A FRIEND ABOUT 5:30PM. THEY HAVE A DRIVEWAY THAT IS A DOWNWARD SLOPE. I PUT MY CAR (2017 GMC ACADIA DENALI) IN PARK AND TURNED IT OFF. I STEPPED OUT AND LOCKED THE DOORS. I WAS TALKING TO MY FRIEND'S HUSBAND FOR A COUPLE MINUTES, ASKING IF SHE WAS HOME AND IF MY CAR WAS OKAY WHERE IT WAS PARKED. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE WAS NOT LEAVING AND WAS BLOCKED IN. I THEN STARTED WALKING TO THE HOUSE. I WAS GOING TO WALK IN THE GRASS AND JUST GO TO THE FRONT DOOR, BUT SINCE IT STARTED TO SNOW, I WALKED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. MY VEHICLE THEN STARTED ROLLING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND KNOCKED ME OVER. IT PROCEEDED TO DRIVE OVER ME. I KNOW I FELL ON MY STOMACH, AS MY HANDS AND KNEES ARE PRETTY BRUISED AND SCRAPED UP. AS THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO KEEP GOING, I WAS PUSHED ON MY BACK WITH THE TIRE RESTING ON MY RIGHT HIP. THE GENTLEMAN RAN UP AND TRIED TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF OF ME, BUT COULD NOT PUSH IT UP HILL. LUCKILY THE KEYS AND MY PHONE FELL OUT OF MY POCKET AND HE WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE IT OFF OF ME. I KNOW AT SOME POINT I DID HIT MY HEAD, BECAUSE THE BACK IS REALLY TENDER TODAY. I DID GO TO URGENT CARE TO GET X-RAYS BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITH ALL THE COVID CASES HERE IN ST JOSEPH COUNTY. THEY DID SCRUB ALL THE ROCKS AND DIRT OUT OF MY BACK AND HIP AND CLEANED UP MY KNEES. MY EX RAYS CAME BACK WITH NO BROKEN BONES AND I DID NOT HAVE BLOOD IN MY URINE, BUT THEY STILL RECOMMENDED THAT I GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. I AM NOT ABLE TO WALK VERY WELL AND MY HIP IS VERY SWOLLEN. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE MY CAR WAS JUST IN THE SHOP BECAUSE THE SHIFT TO PARK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON IN OCTOBER AND I HAVE MY REPAIR ORDER THAT SAYS THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED ON OCTOBER 22, 2020, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IT WAS NOT.