A woman risked her life after jumping off a moving train to retrieve her dropped handbag in India.

CCTV footage captured at Kurla Railway Station in Mumbai shows the unidentified woman frantically trying to board a crowded train on April 2.

As she dashes to get in, the woman collides with another passenger, and drops her bag on the platform.

The woman then jumps out of the running train to get her bag back.

She loses her balance and begins to slide in-between the train and the platform, but alert passengers pull her to safety.

A girl was saved from getting crushed under a train by fellow passengers.

The girl risked her life by jumping out of the running train to retrieve her bag, which she had dropped while boarding the train.

The CCTV footage at the Kurla Railway Station in Mumbai, India, shows the girl, who has not been identified, frantically trying to board a crowded train on April 2.

As she dashes to get in, the girl collides with another passenger, and drops the bag on the platform.

The heart-stopping visuals that follow show the girl jumping out of the running train to get her bag back.

But she loses balance and begins to slip into the space between the platform and the train, when alert fellow passengers grab and pull her to safety saving her life.