Girl, 17, gets leg trapped in bus door and dragged down street for 15 seconds

Zoe said the driver of the bus, which is operated by TM Travel, opened the door to free her leg and then asked if she still wanted to get on the bus.

She refused this and instead asked her mum Cheryl to pick her up, as she was ‘in pain and dazed’ and was in ‘no fit state to go anywhere’.

The A Level student said: ‘I was completely dazed and my trousers were ripped exposing my bloody knee and my trainer laces had all broke so the shoe was off.

‘I was in no fit state to go anywhere and was in pain and dazed.’

Cheryl, of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, took Zoe to A&E, where doctors confirmed she had a concussion.

But she says she ‘feels sick’ knowing the driver left her daughter without calling the police or an ambulance.

Cheryl said: ‘If I had hit a cat or a hedgehog in my car I would have taken it to a vet for treatment – so to leave a teenage girl in that state at the side of a road is awful.

‘She didn’t know where she was and was dazed for a few days. I am grateful that some passengers who were aware of what was going on and shouted to the bus driver or I dread to think what could have happened.

‘Some have contacted me since and said they were pretty shaken just from watching the incident unfold.

‘Fortunately that day she was wearing thick cord trousers which offered a bit of protection – often she wears short skirts and has bare legs.

‘But I know from reading about these incidents involving buses that it can lead to life-changing injuries and fatalities.

‘It made me sick to the core when I thought about it afterwards and to leave her like that without calling the police or an ambulance was the final insult.’

Cheryl drove Zoe to school for a few days until she was well enough to get the bus and reported the incident to the bus company and South Yorkshire Police.