Nearly the same type of crash for me 1 year ago (7/31/04 to be exact). I spent 3 days in the hospital, and broke 4 vertebrae in my neck, and 2 in my back. I woke up in the ambulance, and don't remember what happened to this day. The backs of cars are at least as hard as the front, eh?
My helmet hit first, though, and was well broken, but saved my melon. I'm still me. It's on display at my office.
