Woman Speaks Out After She Was Trapped in Her Car for 6 Days Following Crash: 'My Flesh Had Been Rotting for 2 Days'

An Indiana female trapped successful her car for six days aft an mishap is speaking retired astir really she managed to past and her way to betterment aft spending months astatine a hospital.

Two men discovered Brieonna Cassell connected Tuesday, March 11, wrong her conveyance disconnected a roadway and retired of show from passing traffic, nan Newton County Sheriff’s Office reported astatine nan time.

Three months later, Cassell is recounting nan events that led to her discovery, telling CBS News connection WBBM that she fell dormant while driving and collapsed her car into a ditch, leaving her legs pinned. 

“My car crunched for illustration an accordion," Cassell told WBBM. 

"I was like, 'Well, spell to slumber — hopefully, personification finds you,' " Cassell recalled to nan news station. "Woke up successful nan morning, and I was still there, and I was like, 'Now I've sewage to fig retired really to get retired of here.' "

To survive, Cassell utilized apparel to sorb h2o to portion from nan ditch she was trapped successful and relied connected a mattress topper to support warm, per section position WGN-TV.

The sheriff’s agency said that Johnny Martinez, who was operating instrumentality for a drainage company, noticed her conveyance and reached retired to his supervisor, Jeremy Vanderwall, who is besides nan section occurrence chief. Together, they recovered Cassell live but injured wrong nan vehicle. She was later flown to a infirmary successful Chicago. 

"Despite her injuries, Cassell had survived 6 days waiting to beryllium rescued," constabulary said.

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“I spot nan tyre travel up and stop," Cassell told WBBM. "Then I was conscionable truthful relieved."

"When they pulled maine retired of that car, my soma had been rotting for 2 days. I had been smelling it," Cassell said to WBBM. "I didn't deliberation my legs were coming retired of nan car pinch me."

WGN-TV reported she suffered aggregate surgery bones and had to acquisition much than a twelve surgeries connected her roadworthy to recovery. On Saturday, June 7, she came location from nan hospital.

“I conscionable consciousness for illustration He has a intent that I’m here,” she told WGN-TV. “I don’t person immoderate different mentation for it.”