Terrifying moment woman Tube passenger was dragged along platform after her scarf became caught in train doors - and was only saved by quick-thinking staff member

This is the moment a woman passenger was dragged along an Underground platform after her scarf was caught in the doors of a departing Tube train.

She was pulled about 10 metres before a staff member managed to grab her and she fell to the ground.

This resulted in the scarf being forcibly removed from her neck and carried into the tunnel by the train.

The potentially fatal incident, which occurred in February, has been described in a rail accident report published today.

The train driver was unaware that the woollen knitted scarf the passenger was wearing around her neck was trapped and started to move the Piccadilly line train at Holborn station in central London.