A follow up to a Channel Six exclusive -- a heartland woman is recovering from injuries in a car crash. She says it happened because the accelerator in her Toyota was stuck.

Laura Wernimont says her 2007 Toyota Avalon suddenly accelerated to a dangerously high speed.

She was unable to stop and crashed into a school bus.

"It happened, so quick, there was nothing I could do to help. I could tell the bus was coming," she said.

Laura suffered severe injuries from the crash.

Her brother-in-law Bob Schroeder sits by her bedside.

"She's not that fast a driver," he said. "She only drives 20-25 miles and hour, hardly 55 on the highway."

So what happens now?

In California, officials unsuccessfully tried to recreate an incident where a Toyota Prius allegedly had a stuck accelerator.

It is recommended that drivers put the car in neutral or shut the engine off if the accelerator sticks.

We did our own re-creation with a 2008 Toyota Camry, .

With the accelerator pushed down, we were able to slip the car into neutral and the car slowed down.

Then, we shut the car off while accelerating...again, the engine revved, but the car stopped.

But there's another place to find information.

Most newer cars have a 'black box' or a series of computers that collect data.

Charlie graham body and service demonstrated the "black box" concept for us on a Cadillac.

As conditions with the mechanics of the car change the data is recorded. Information is stored if there is a crash. But getting access to that information can be difficult.

"Most times you have to get special equipment and laptop computers to be able to access that data, now different companies like GM and Ford are very user-friendly where third parties can come in and get that data, obviously with the owners consent," Jim Champion of Charlie Graham Body & Service said. "But other ones like Toyota, it's turning out now, they're finding out it's pretty hard to get that data."

Meanwhile, Laura Wernimont lies in a hospital bed.

Hoping no one else has to experience what happened to her.

We contacted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration --- a representative there had no comment.

We also contacted Toyota's corporate offices for comment.

They sent the following statement..."Toyota is committed to investigating reports of unintended acceleration involving our vehicles. It is not appropriate for us to comment on specific reports whose causes are under investigation or have not been verified."

As for the incident involving the driver of that Prius in California who said his car unexpectedly accelerated to 94 miles an hours.

The incident grabbed national headlines -- and called into question potential problem's with Toyota's hybrid car..

Government investigators say they have not been able to duplicate the problem -- and cannot explain why the driver had trouble.

However, they also caution they don't see any signs of a hoax.

Toyota on the other hand is today casting doubt on the man's claims.

But the Orange County District Attorney has filed a lawsuit against Toyota Motors Inc., claiming the car company was aware of the potential for sudden acceleration in their vehicles and sold them anyway.

It is one of many brought against the automaker in the months following the massive recall of many Toyota models.

The lawsuit accuses Toyota of engaging in deceptive business practices by withholding information from the public about sudden acceleration problems.

The lawsuit seeks $2,500 per violation under the Unfair Business Practices Act.