A group of fishermen pulled a woman from a sinking car at Old Hickory Lake, breaking the back window with their boat seconds before the vehicle went underwater.

The rescue happened Sunday, Nov. 1, at Shutes Branch Recreation Area in Mt. Juliet while a bass tournament was wrapping up on the lake, according to WSMV. The car went from the parking lot, over a curb and into the water that afternoon.

Three friends who work at a Penske shop in Nashville were heading back from their weekly fishing trip when they heard the crash. Jackie Light, Ronnie Smythia and a third companion had fished Old Hickory Lake every weekend for more than two years, WSMV reported.

"We heard this loud motor revving up, and when we looked, this car just come, pooh, popped into the water," Light told WSMV.

The group reached the woman in less than a minute, but Light said she was holding the doors closed. They banged on the windows. She was not responding, according to Smythia.

A second boat carrying John Edwards and Craig Allen also came to help, NewsChannel 5 reported. Neither crew could find anything to break the glass.

The two news accounts differ on which boat performed the final maneuver. WSMV reported that Smythia pushed the throttle and slammed into the car, popping off the back window. Edwards told NewsChannel 5 that "the gentleman in the other boat rammed the windshield." In both accounts, the window shattered seconds before the car went under.

Allen told NewsChannel 5 he reached in and grabbed the woman by her right arm, pulling her free. She was taken back to shore safely.

Light told WSMV the water seemed to change how the woman reacted. As soon as she felt it on her skin, he said, her eyes opened wide.

Other witnesses told WSMV the woman had been sitting in the parking lot for about five minutes before the vehicle accelerated toward the lake. The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating why the car entered the water, WSMV reported. The Wilson County Sheriff's Department and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) were also made aware of the incident.

The woman's identity and condition have not been released.

Smythia told WSMV he was not thinking about being called a hero. He said he was just reacting.

Hamblem's Wrecker Service later pulled the vehicle from the deep water, according to NewsChannel 5. The back window was visibly broken out.