Update and thanks from the rider who survived the Belmont hill motorcycle crash

In early march, CHS covered an awful motorcycle accident at the intersection of Belmont and Bellevue Place. A 27-year-old woman riding her motorcycle up the hill was severely injured after a car turned into her path and struck the bike. We knew at the time from eyewitnesses that the rider's leg was badly hurt. Tonight, in a comment left on the crash coverage post that she found while searching the Web for information on the accident, CHS heard from Jess, the woman who survived that crash.

I am the survivor of the motorcycle accident. I have little else to do in my hospital bed than browse the internet so tonight I decided to browse and see if I could find anything about the accident and this is what came up. Thank you all for your concern and for photos of the scene. I'm still in shock when I think about the injuries I have sustained.

I am still here in the hospital. Surgeons were able to save my leg and I have undergone 8 surgeries to fix bones and for grafting. My condition improves daily but I'm still in a great amount of pain. I don't know how much longer I'll be here. I have yet to get out of bed.

My bike was brand new. I had bought it on Tuesday the 3rd but because of weather conditions thought it would be safer to bring it home on Wednesday the 4th when it wasn't raining. Friday the 6th was the first day I actually got a chance to ride it. It was chilly but sunny. The irony kills me. As a correction, my bike was a 2008 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500.

My many thanks go out to everyone who was there to help and the poor lady who held my hand while I screamed. I didn't know any other way to cope with the pain and knowledge that I had lost my leg (when I first looked down my leg I didn't see anything past my knee). Thank you all again. I'll bookmark and try to check back again.

I've contacted Jess to see if there is anything the CHS community can do for her. Just knowing more information about what happened and how she is doing is enough -- but I'm sure there are lots of you out there who wouldn't mind helping out.