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This is the moment a woman was almost dragged to her death after getting her scarf caught in the door of a tube train.

CCTV footage from Holborn station in February shows how a woollen knitted scarf around an unidentified woman’s neck became stuck between the doors as the train began to depart.

The driver of the Piccadilly line train was unaware that the woman had become trapped, a report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) showed.

The woman, who had been trying to board the train, was was dragged 10 metres along the platform and was only saved when a member of staff grabbed her and the scarf fell from her neck.

The scarf was then carried off by the train into the tunnel.

As a result, the passenger suffered injuries to her neck and back.

A general view of Holborn underground station in central London where a potentially fatal incident in which a woman passenger was dragged along an Underground platform after her scarf was caught in the doors of a departing Tube train has been described in a rail accident report. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday October 23, 2014. 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. The woman was unable to pull the scarf free as the train began to move and the member of staff on duty did not alert the driver to the situation, the report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said. The woman, who had been attempting to board the train, was dragged about 10 metres along the platform. The staff member tried to help by catching hold of 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. See PA story TRANSPORT Scarf. Photo credit should read: Philip Toscano/PA Wire
A general view of Holborn underground station(PIcture: PA)

The RAIB said the driver had been unable to see what was happening on the platform after the train had begun to move.

The report added that the role of the station assistant who came to the passenger’s aid involved the safe despatch of trains but that the equipment and procedures associated with the role do not enable such assistants to intervene effectively in an emergency.

The incident occurred at about 7pm on February 3 this year.

The last fatal accident of this type on the Underground system was on October 21 1997 when a nine-year-old boy was dragged under the train when his anorak became stuck at the same location, involving the same type of train.