Park County, CO : Colorado woman trapped for days in Park County car crash sues GM on Monday October 26 2015

Kristin Hopkins spent more than two months in a hospital following a near-fatal crash that left her crushed and trapped upside down in her car for nearly a week.

She was back at her Highlands Ranch home learning to use her new prostheses — her legs had been amputated at the knee — when she received a recall notice for her 2009 Chevy Malibu.

Hopkins had one thought as she read the letter from General Motors.

"That explains a lot," she said.

On Tuesday, Hopkins filed a lawsuit against the automaker in federal court claiming that her car's electronic stability control "failed to engage" and the car's electronic power steering "gave out" on Red Hill Pass on April 27, 2014. Because of these malfunctions, the suit states that Hopkins, 45, was "deprived of these crash avoidance systems at the moment she needed them most."

Additionally, the lawsuit claims that based on documents GM provided the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the company first learned of the problem with the electronic stability control on the Malibu in 2008 — six years before Hopkins' accident.

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Colorado woman trapped for days in Park County car crash sues GM