Kristin Hopkins will lose both feet as a result of the crash (Picture: Reuters)

A woman trapped in her car for days was rescued after writing desperate pleas on an umbrella and poking it out of a window.

Kristin Hopkins, 43, was eventually cut from the wreckage of her 2009 Chevrolet Malibu, which had overturned on an embankment in Denver, Colorado.

‘She wrote a few notes. One said, “Please help, am bleeding” and another said, “Six days with no food or water,”’ said attending firefighter Jim Cravener.

‘For her to have that will to survive – it’s amazing.’


She was found trapped in her 2009 Chevrolet Malibu (Picture: AP)

Ms Hopkins was discovered on Sunday by passers-by who saw her vehicle overturned.

She had been trapped for five days after her car collided with several trees and rolled down the embankment.

The mother of four was said to be in a critical but stable condition despite being told her feet would have to be amputated.