A schoolgirl who was struck by a car and thrown into the path of an oncoming bus appeared on national television last night.

Jade Phillips, 12, suffered multiple injuries in a horrific crash in March.

The aftermath was shown on Channel 4 documentary series 24 Hours in A&E last night.

The St John’s Catholic Comprehensive pupil was trying to cross Rochester Road in Gravesend during the morning rush hour when she was hit, just a few yards from a pedestrian crossing.

Firefighters used air bags to lift the number 480 bus to release her and she was taken to King’s College Hospital in London.

In the show, Doctor Des, a major trauma consultant at King’s, prepares after receiving a call that Jade, her mother and a police officer are in an ambulance and on their way.

Mum Amanda, who said her biggest fear was Jade being run over, said: “It was the worst call I could have ever had. I still hear it now – ‘Jade’s been run over by a bus’.

“It was like your whole world just crumbles. She was caked head to toe in blood. She was talking and she went mummy I love you. I remember thinking, is she saying that before she dies?”

Jade's granddad Robert was at East Tilbury dropping off a delivery and said he had five missed calls from his daughter Amanda.

He said: “When I took the truck back to the depot I had to go past where Jade had been run over.

“As I approached it I could see five police cars there and a council van.

“And I thought, what’s that council van doing there, and then I thought, he must be washing the blood off the road.

“My little precious granddaughter’s blood is being washed into the gutter.

"It slowly dawned on me that she might not survive.”

Doctors needed to assess the damage to her brain and internal organs and she is placed into a CT scanner.

Her injuries included a cracked skull, broken ribs, internal bleeding, and bruising on her lungs caused by being stuck under the bus.

The show ended with Jade given the final words.

She didn’t require surgery but spent 12 days recovering and four weeks later was back at school.

She said: “I don’t think it’s changed me. I’m closer to my family and I always cross at the lollipop man.”

The programme is still available to view on 4OD.