The 37-year-old, who is creative director at a London music label, saw the horrific scene unfolding and let her instincts take over.

Talking to the Evening Standard, Laura says: “I saw this woman under the cab and I couldn’t quite believe it. At that point, nobody was doing anything. Something inside me kicked in and suddenly I just started shouting at people to help. I started screaming ‘help or she’s going to die.’

“All these bankers and city workers then just started dropping their briefcases and running over. We all started lifting the cab and I could see her legs underneath. Her face was turning blue and she was just blinking. A builder who was helping started joking with her to keep her spirits up.”

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