Idaho teen, 19, hanged by her broken leg on power line for an HOUR after being thrown from her car in horror crash

An Idaho teen survived a horrific car crash that left her catapulted into the air and left hanging from her broken leg by a power line for more than an hour as she waited for help.

Kennedy Littledike, 19, crashed her car on May 22, 2021, when she became emotional behind the wheel while going through a breakup.

The teen, who was 16 years old at the time, was driving back from watching the sunset with two friends when she started crying and veered off the road.

‘I overcorrected and went on the right side of the road. My side of the vehicle hit the utility pole and we started twisting and rolling,” Littledike said Inside edition.

‘We didn’t have seat belts. So when we were flipping and I was the first one out, I wasn’t on the ground. I was actually hanging by my broken leg in the power line.”

The Idaho teen ultimately lost her leg in the crash, but says landing on the power line saved her life because the electricity cauterized a torn artery and kept her from bleeding it out.

Littledike and her two friends, Nakia Molina and Jacob Rasmussen, were seriously injured in the rollover crash when all three were thrown from the car.

Littledike and her two friends, Nakia Molina and Jacob Rasmussen, were seriously injured in the rollover crash that threw all three from the car.

Molina was knocked unconscious and Rasmussen was bleeding profusely when neighbors and relatives found him.

While both teens suffered shattered vertebrae and broken bones, among other injuries, they were taken to hospital to make a full recovery.

Littledike was thrown 30 feet into the air, but the way she landed on the power line ultimately saved her life.

“As I was being thrown, my arm was torn off, left hanging by the skin on my back, and then my thigh was snapped over the wire and hanging in front of my face,” Littledike said.

‘A lot of people ask, “How did you not bleed to death?” Well, the main artery in my leg was pinched by the power line, and then the main artery in my arm was cauterized when I was electrocuted.”

She continued, “I remember I was drowning in my blood because it was pouring out of my leg, it was pouring out of my arm, and it went up my nose, and I just wiped it away because it was literally drowning me .’

Littledike required 21 surgeries to treat a broken femur, humerus and collarbone, as well as a brachial plexus injury.

Littledike required 21 surgeries to treat a broken femur, humerus and collarbone, as well as a brachial plexus injury

She underwent five amputations as doctors desperately tried to save as much of her leg as possible

“I don’t know what happened to me in the hospital, but I had such a smooth transition from such a bad mental health state to such a positive one,” said the 19-year-old

Littledike has since built a presence on social media, sharing her story and finding humor in the situation

“(A first responder) just grabbed my leg and had to get it out of the wire, and you just saw my body fall lifeless onto the stretcher,” she said.

‘They put on the tourniquet and had to take my bone off the wire again. And they said I screamed. And once I hit the stretcher, it was quiet.

“I’ve had a total of five amputations because they were trying to save as much as possible because the more leg you have to walk with a prosthetic leg, the easier it is,” Littledike explained.

“So they tried to take it through my knee. My leg kept rotting because the bone was broken so high up. Every other day they went in and took more legs. And to be operated on again and again, during which more and more legs are cut off. In the end they just cut him to the bone.”

The teen recalled the moment her father told her she was losing her leg, saying the room felt heavy.

‘And I thought, “Has one of my friends lost a limb?” And he said, “No.” And I said, ‘Well, I’m glad I’m the one who lost it since I was driving.'”

‘At that moment you are 16 years old. All the dreams you had in your head are all gone.”

‘I was done with it within twenty minutes. I literally said it. I named my nub Gobi, and I made a whole dance for it. “I don’t know what happened to me in the hospital, but I had such a smooth transition from such a bad mental health state to such a positive one.”

Since her crash, Littledike has built a social media presence by sharing her story and finding humor in the situation.

‘Before my accident, I struggled with my mental health. I wanted to commit suicide. I never really planned my future because I didn’t think there would be one. “I wasn’t happy,” she said.

“I look back and think, ‘Wow, you’re pathetic.’ But because, now look at me. I’m in a very different, more difficult situation, but I’m so much happier.’