EmergencyNet News *FLASH* Report
08/30/97 - 20:00CDT
Britain's Princess Diana Badly Injured in Crash
By C. L. Staten
Paris, France (EmergencyNet) -- According to Paris police, Princess Diana of England was critically injured this evening in an automobile crash near the river Seine, at the Pont de l'Alma bridge. Her companion in the car, Dodi Al Fayed, was believed killed in the accident, which reportedly happened shortly after midnight (Paris time), police said. The chauffeur of the vehicle was also believed killed in the incident and a fourth passenger, a bodyguard, was reported to be seriously injured.
One eyewitness described the accident as extremely serious and said that the vehicle, in which the princess was travelling, had overturned. An anonymous police spokesman said the accident occurred as the princess's car was allegedly being pursued by press photographers on a motorcycle, and that this pursuit may have contributed to the accident.
An American witness, Mike Williams, said that it appeared that victims were trapped in the vehicle and he reported there was no ambulance on the scene for "several minutes" after the occurrence. Additional details of the rescue are not available at the time of this report. The actual cause of the accident remains under investigation by Paris authorities.
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