MAUNAWILLI, Hawaii -- A woman retold a harrowing account of how she and her friend were almost killed by a falling crane that landed on the vehicle they were sitting in.

Early Saturday morning, crews worked to dislodge the crane that had fallen on Luana Hills Road in Maunawilli. The accident happened Friday.

Officials said Hawaiian Electric crews were still working to restore power to about a half a dozen customers after the crane took out a major power line.

Pacific Crane owns the self-erecting tower crane that landed on the two women who were sitting a parked SUV. Stacey Oswalt was in the driver's seat at the time.

"We thought we were dying," said Oswalt. "We looked up like, 'I'm dead.'"

Oswalt snapped pictures with her cell phone showing how the crane fell across her rented Jeep. Read more about the how thecrane topples.

Oswalt said she and a friend had just returned from a hike and were just about to pull her parked car out onto the road.

"It happened really fast. I mean, we just were really lucky the roll bar of the Wrangler took the impact," Oswalt said.

The crane damaged a utility pole, shutting off power to homes in Maunawilli and Olomana and disrupting traffic signals from Castle Medical Center to Castle Junction.

"I heard men screaming like, 'No, no, no,' and that drew our attention that a crane was falling. They were in a panic," Oswalt said.

Oswalt said the men thought the she and her friend were going to be killed.

"It was right in our path. There were cars in front and back of us so I couldn't gun it and get away," Oswalt said.

Once the tip of the crane caught the power line it turned red and started to buzz like it was a live wire, Oswalt said. Officials were forced to turn the power off because no one could get near the car or the crane due to the electricity.

Oswalt said she was able to crawl out the back while her friend crawled out the side window. She said all she remembers is the crew apologizing over and over.

"They were sick to their stomachs like, 'We almost killed these people,'" Oswalt said.

A Pacific Crane representative on the scene declined to talk about what happened.

Workers with Bailey's Crane Service company, which was hired to remove the structure, said the crane would have to be cut up in order to be hauled off the road.

The operation detoured traffic to the golf course and forced residents trying to get home to wait until it was safe to pass.

Shirley Ligad recalled the scene Friday night.

"The guy [was] running and he said one of the cranes [had fallen] and there was no electricity," said Ligad.

On Saturday morning, Toyoshi Mikami came out to make sure someone was working to restore power to his home. At 1:30 p.m. that same day, Hawaiian Electric crews were still lined up, trying to get in to replace the pole. The repairs were expected to take most of the afternoon.

Crews said they were amazed at what a close call it was for Oswalt and her friend.

"I'm on edge. When we got home we were a mess, but I do feel lucky to be alive," Oswalt said. "So, we are going to enjoy the rest of the vacation."