Rush-hour commuters were left screaming and in tears today when a passenger fell under a London Underground train - apparently after her coat became stuck in the doors.
Firefighters,
police and paramedics raced to Clapham South station in south London just after
8am after the woman fell from what was described by travellers as an
‘overcrowded’ platform. She was taken to
St George's Hospital with ‘non-life-threatening injuries’, but the incident led
to huge queues for buses as Northern line services between Kennington and
Morden were paralysed.
One
13-year-old girl, who watched the incident unfold, said on Twitter: 'Her coat
got stuck in the Tube doors, she was dragged across the platform. I saw it all.
Thank God she survived.'
NHS worker
Jack Smith, 25, told the London Evening Standard: ‘I heard this prolonged scream
from 20m (65ft) down the platform. There were loads of women around her
screaming and pointing.
Cristina
Squires, Channel 5 News editor, said on Twitter that she saw firemen trying to
rescue the woman, and claimed they had to 'jack up the train'.
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