Amateur footage has emerged of the moment 30 bystanders lifted a taxi off a woman, who was trapped underneath its wheels.

It is understood that the pedestrian was dragged under the wheels of a London black cab while crossing King William Street outside the Bank of England.

Eyewitness Laura Fares, from Finsbury Park, was outside Bank Station when she saw two paramedics, and the taxi driver, waiting for support and asked why they weren't pushing.

"It was really weird, the cab driver was just leaning on the car, waiting for more help and the paramedic said he wasn't emergency staff so needed to wait for more people. They had a blanket on her and a pillow under her head.

"She looked like she was in her late twenties and she was really blue and blinking. She was sort of semi-conscious, but I could tell she was still alive.

"I said, aren't we going to move the car off her? She's still alive. He looked underneath the car and said that her leg wasn't too badly injured and said we could try and lift it."

At this point, Ms Fares began calling for bystanders to help lift the taxi.