Athens-Clarke police are trying to identify the driver of a large tanker truck that caught a small car under its tank trailer and dragged it for about 50 feet onto a set of railroad tracks off Old Jefferson Road.

After the Toyota Corolla came free from the entrapment, the truck kept traveling on Oak Grove Road despite efforts by several witnesses who attempted to stop the tanker truck, police said.

The collision occurred about 7 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Old Jefferson Road and Oak Grove Road, according to the report.

An 18-year-old Athens woman was trapped inside the car, which became pinned under the tanker as the driver made a left turn onto Oak Grove Road, police said.

“If I had a scale on how scared I was, I would break the scale. I was basically under the trailer,” the woman told the Banner-Herald.

One witness told police the trucker made a shallow turn at the intersection, and he should have known he hit the car due to the damage that disabled the car and attempts by witnesses to get him to stop.