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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- More witnesses took the stand Thursday in day five of the trial for the woman accused of dragging a tow truck driver to his death last February.

Detra Farries is accused of dragging tow truck operator Allen Rose to his death on Feb. 23, 2011 as Rose was attempting to tow an illegally-parked SUV in an apartment complex parking lot. Rose's feet got tangled in the chains, and he was dragged for more than a mile.

Farries has plead not guilty to manslaughter and vehicular homicide, among other charges. Her trial began Friday and has continued all week with prosecutors calling witnesses who saw or heard the alleged dragging.

"He was yanked into the air," witness Laurie Easom said. "He was struggling the entire time, and then he was yanked."

Easom said she saw the dragging and said Rose never gave up.

"He never stopped fighting," Easom said. "He was rolling from side to side, he was sitting upright."

Witness Michael Lekics said Rose's clothes were shredded and bloody.

"The person that was being drug, he was trying to free himself," Lekics said.

Witness Michael Hlaeki, a Pueblo firefighter, said he offered Rose medical help and comfort after Rose finally got free at the intersection of Platte Avenue and Babcock Road.

"From the top of his buttocks to the bottom of his thighs, the best I can describe it, it was ground away," Hlaeki said.

He said Rose was coherent though.

"I said 'what can I do to help you?' and he said 'I cannot breathe.'"

Matthew Morrow said he and his friend were almost hit by the SUV in the parking lot of Hill Park Apartments, where the dragging began. He said he knew the cable caught Rose when he heard a loud sound.

"It was his body snapping to the pavement," Morrow said.

Witness Joseph Burman broke into tears while on the stand Thursday.

"There is not a day that goes by I don't think about it," Burman said. ""He was just shredded."

After comparing the scene to a horror movie, recess was called so he could compose himself.

Paramedic Kari Moose later said, "His injuries were so devastating that I'm actually surprised that he was still alive when we got to him."

Moose said in her 12 years as a parmedic and EMT she had never seen anything like that.

"There was nothing left to fix," she said.

Moose said Rose continued to fight as they put him into the ambulance but shortly after stopped. She said he then stopped breathing on his own, and before they could get to Memorial Hospital he went into cardiac arrest.

The trial is expected to continue at least into next week.