A SCHOOL girl aged 11 had a narrow escape when she fell onto the tracks as a train pulled into Camborne Railway Station.

The unnamed girl was flown to the Royal Cornwall Hospital by air ambulance after she was reported to have been dragged onto the tracks after grabbing a carriage door handle.

Devon and Cornwall Police said the girl was airlifted to hospital with minor back and leg injuries following the accident at around 4.50pm yesterday.

An eyewitness told the BBC that the girl had grabbed the carriage door handle as the train pulled in and had been pulled underneath almost instantly.

Jade Willoughby, 21, said she heard a scream that went right through her and she didn't want to look down because she feared the worse.

The girl was pulled out from under the train by a man and flown to Royal Cornwall Hospital with Miss Willoughby where, after spending the night, she was released.

South Western Ambulance Service said the child was hit "at slow speed" as a train pulled into the station. British Transport Police (BTP) said they are investigating the incident which they are treating as an accident.