Horrific footage shows a Russian man dragged by a tram after he got his foot caught in the door while getting out at a station.

The woman driver was oblivious to the passenger who has survived his excruciating ordeal with head, hand and knee injuries.

The 27 year old victim - who has not been named - suffered serious skin wounds as he was dragged along the ground for around 500 metres.

Horrific footage shows a man dragged by a tram after he got his foot caught in the door

He is in hospital undergoing treatment.

The shocking incident was in the Volga River city of Saratov, birthplace of football tycoon Roman Abramovich.

A film taken from a car on a road adjacent to the tram shows pedestrians waving to the driver to stop.

But the tram reached close to its next stop before the driver realised the problem.

Friends of the man appealed for video footage and eyewitnesses to come forward.

One friend Alexander said five witnesses have come forward.

The woman driver was oblivious to the passenger who has survived his excruciating ordeal with head, hand and knee injuries

The 27 year old victim - who has not been named - suffered serious skin wounds as he was dragged along the ground for around 500 metres

'There are people inside the tram, a man, who was outside trying to draw the attention of the tram driver, and two at the tram station.

'We are sure that the tram driver, a woman, aged 44, did not make sure that all the passengers got out before she shut the doors and started moving.'