A Virginia woman who suffered a closed brain injury more than five years ago when a bus slammed into the back of her vehicle has been awarded a $3 million personal injury settlement. Fatima Laila Fortmuller said in an online WVEC.com story that she was in a routine traffic jam in a Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel in February 2002 when a Hampton Roads Transit slammed into the back of her Dodge Neon, which was propelled into an SUV. Fortmuller explained in the story how her brain is now twisted in the skull as a result of the closed brain injury from the car accident.

Fortmuller said in the story that she will never get her life back, even when considering her $3 million Virginia car accident settlement. She detailed how the car accident has left her with constant headaches, a lost sense of smell, short-term memory problems and an inability to get a full night’s sleep. She also added that the accident has caused her to not only experience depression and bouts of illness but also to lose most of her friendships. Fortmuller claimed that her illnesses and changes to her personality following the accident were so severe that they became to much for “all but one” of her friends to bear.

Learn more about Traumatic Brain Injury at the Ohio State University Medical Center. (You know the Buckeyes are more than just a school in this weekend’s Final Four!)