Londoners are 'the greatest people on Earth,' says woman freed from under wheels of taxi

Barrister Claire Miller, 42: I’m so immensely grateful to my saviours

A lawyer freed from beneath the wheels of a black cab by a crowd of City workers today praised Londoners as “the greatest people on Earth”.

Barrister Claire Miller, 42, was dragged beneath the taxi as she returned to her office near Bank station after going out for lunch.

In amazing scenes captured on video, revealed by the Evening Standard on Tuesday, a crowd of 30 lifted the front and rear wheels of the driver’s side to release the stricken victim.

Ms Miller, an associate at Beale & Company solicitors, is recovering from her injuries at home in Crouch End.

She told the Standard: “I feel okay, it’s going to be a wee while but I’ll get there.”

Claire Miller was saved by 30 bystanders who lifted a taxi off of her outside Bank station

Ms Miller, 42, said that she could not remember how she came to be under the cab and that her recollection of the accident and having the vehicle lifted off her was “a bit hazy at the moment”.

She said: “There’s just no words to thank them, I’m so immensely grateful.

“It just proved that Londoners are some of the greatest people on Earth, I’m just so grateful for their help.”

Ms Miller was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 1995, before being called to the bar in England and Wales in 2008.

She specialises in construction law and has advised on complex disputes in everything from major infrastructure projects to private finance.

She has also acted for government authorities and previously worked as a solicitor for Camden Council.

Ms Miller was discharged from hospital after being treated for minor injuries.

Her neighbour Larry Jones said it was a “big shock” and expressed his relief she had not been more seriously harmed.

He said: “She’s very nice and very friendly. It’s a big shock this happened to her. I saw the photograph of the cab. I heard the story – it’s amazing that it’s her. In London you don’t often know who your neighbours are but she’s friendly and we always say hi.

“To end up underneath without having a limb broken is extraordinary. If she’s not in contact with the woman who coordinated everything – that would be a nice thing to do.”

Onlooker Laura Fares had screamed for help when she saw the collision and a surge of workers on King William Street ran to the scene, just after 1pm on Monday.

Miss Fares, 37, from Finsbury Park, saw Ms Miller under the wheels and started shouting for people to come and help lift the vehicle off of her.

She told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “We didn’t know if she hit her head or if she was going to die. There was about 30 people just looking and staring. “I became really bossy, really rude, I was swearing at everyone going ‘get here right now’. They just all came together and they lifted it like it was made of paper.

“I don’t know anything about her and I wish I did. I want to meet her. I want to make sure she’s OK. I’m so glad she’s OK and I hope she’s fine.”

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