She should have dropped anchor.

A teen driver accidentally catapulted her car over a pier, miraculously landing face up on a floating dock — reminiscent of a made-for-TV mishap — while barely avoiding plunging into the Long Island Sound.

The caught-on-camera incident involving a silver 2008 Jeep happened on Mother’s Day at Brookhaven Town Marina’s parking lot in Port Jefferson at around 6:42 p.m., according to Newsday.

The Jeep lost its front bumper when the 17-year-old driver accidentally accelerated her SUV over a bulkhead and crashed through a guard rail, News12 reported.

The driver’s side tire left dangling over the water on the side closest to the wooden dock, while the rear of the car was left tilted up.

The impact also demolished the floating dock’s wooden boards at the point where the passenger side headlight initially slammed down on the platform.

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico described the driver as “inexperienced” and said the situation ended “luckily” compared to other potentially fatal or nightmarish outcomes.

“Every day, I wake up and never know what the day will bring,” he wrote on Facebook of the shocking moment.

Local firefighters safely removed the woman, who sustained only minor injuries, from the SUV. She was taken to a nearby hospital, according to Port Jefferson’s Fire Department.

The vehicle, which has been secured on the dock by several rope lines since Sunday evening, will be removed by a heavy-duty tow truck, officials said.

The clinic is available to all county residents, but the quantity of vaccine is limited and available only while supplies last.

Peggy Spellman Hoey, Patch Staff

BROOKHAVEN, NY — A free rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats, and ferrets will be offered on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Brookhaven Animal Shelter on Horseblock Road in Brookhaven.

The clinic is available to all county residents, but the quantity of vaccine is limited and available only while supplies last.

All dogs must be on leashes and all cats and ferrets must be in carriers.

Rabies is a deadly disease caused by a virus that attacks the central nervous system, and is most often seen among wild animals such as raccoons, bats, skunks, and foxes, but any mammal can be infected with it.

Pets and livestock can get rabies if they are not vaccinated to protect them against the infection.

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New York State and Suffolk County laws require all dogs, cats, and ferrets be vaccinated against the virus.

Vaccinating pets not only provides protection for them, but also acts as a barrier to keep the rabies virus from spreading between wild animals and people, as three to six percent of the bats that are tested annually are positive for rabies.

The county's Department of Health Services recommends the following precautions to protect your pets and your family from possible exposure to rabies:

To keep bats from getting into buildings, bat-proofing techniques should include:

Report all animal bites or contact with wild animals to the Department of Health Services at 631-854-0333 weekdays, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Animal bites or contact with wild animals can be reported to the Department at 631-852-4820 outside normal business hours. If possible, try to contain the animal so that it can be tested.

For more information on rabies, follow the links below:

For information about the rabies vaccination clinic, call the Brookhaven Animal Shelter at 631-451-6950 or visit www.brookhavenny.gov/AnimalShelter.