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| Injured Diana spoke, witness says | |
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| Princess Diana was heard saying "oh, my God" as she lay injured in car wreckage while photographers took pictures, a witness has told her inquest. | |
| Volunteer firefighter Damian Dalby said he ran towards the smoking car to try to help. He said he was not hampered by the handful of photographers gathered. | |
| Another witness said he heard a photographer shout "she's alive". | |
| Diana, her companion Dodi Al Fayed, and driver Henri Paul died as a result of the Paris crash on 31 August, 1997. | |
| Mr Dalby, appearing at the London inquest via videolink from Paris, said: "There was smoke emanating from the vehicle. I wanted to stop the battery but I couldn't." | |
| Camera flashes | |
| The car's rear, right hand side door was open, and a photographer was close by, but "he did not stop me from doing my assistance job", Mr Dalby said. | |
| Mr Dalby said as he approached the car he was aware of camera flashes. He saw a woman in the backseat but did not realise at the time that it was the princess. | Mr Dalby said as he approached the car he was aware of camera flashes. He saw a woman in the backseat but did not realise at the time that it was the princess. |
| In the first evidence at the inquest about whether Diana spoke, Mr Dalby said the woman said "Oh my God, oh my God." | In the first evidence at the inquest about whether Diana spoke, Mr Dalby said the woman said "Oh my God, oh my God." |
| Other witness statements read at the London inquest said people had gathered round the wreckage before the emergency services arrived. | |
| Sebastien Masseron said: "I heard one photographer call over to a colleague who was on a scooter at the end of the tunnel: 'Come back, come back, she's alive'." | |
| Photographers' shouts | |
| Mr Masseron, who had been travelling with Mr Dalby, said: "We had not heard a crash, but it had only just happened. | |
| "There were no other vehicles in that part of the tunnel, where the crash had taken place. There was, however, people around the vehicle." | |
| Mr Masseron's fellow passenger Audrey Lemaigre also mentioned in her statement about the photographers. | Mr Masseron's fellow passenger Audrey Lemaigre also mentioned in her statement about the photographers. |
| "One of them shouted 'she's alive, she's alive'," she said. | "One of them shouted 'she's alive, she's alive'," she said. |
| "A man on a scooter stopped beside me. He was on the phone, but I do not know to whom he was speaking. I think he had a camera. | "A man on a scooter stopped beside me. He was on the phone, but I do not know to whom he was speaking. I think he had a camera. |
| "One of the others with a camera in the underpass came over and spoke to him, and then went back to the scene of the accident." | "One of the others with a camera in the underpass came over and spoke to him, and then went back to the scene of the accident." |
| 'Secret documents' | 'Secret documents' |
| Another witness, Jacques Morel, was questioned about evidence he gave to the inquest on Wednesday. | Another witness, Jacques Morel, was questioned about evidence he gave to the inquest on Wednesday. |
| Mr Morel has written a book alleging the crash was the result of a photo opportunity gone wrong, and said he had "secret and confidential documents" supporting his theory, the jury was told. | Mr Morel has written a book alleging the crash was the result of a photo opportunity gone wrong, and said he had "secret and confidential documents" supporting his theory, the jury was told. |
| The lawyer for Dodi's father Mohammed Al Fayed, Michael Mansfield QC, asked: "I suggest to you that this file does not exist, does it?" | The lawyer for Dodi's father Mohammed Al Fayed, Michael Mansfield QC, asked: "I suggest to you that this file does not exist, does it?" |
| Mr Morel, speaking via videolink from Paris, said: "How would you like to bet? I can bet with you $1m and if you bet with me, I can send you the file within 24 hours." | Mr Morel, speaking via videolink from Paris, said: "How would you like to bet? I can bet with you $1m and if you bet with me, I can send you the file within 24 hours." |
| The jury visited the Paris tunnel at the beginning of the inquest | The jury visited the Paris tunnel at the beginning of the inquest |
| He said later he was not in a position to present the file to the inquest. | He said later he was not in a position to present the file to the inquest. |
| The lawyer for the family of Mr Paul questioned if Mr Morel had even been at the scene of the accident - to which Mr Morel said he was. | |
| And Richard Horwell QC, counsel for the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said Mr Morel was only interested in making money from his book. | And Richard Horwell QC, counsel for the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said Mr Morel was only interested in making money from his book. |
| Mr Morel replied: "I just hope to recover the money I have lost during the last 10 years. The rest is for the children in the third world." | Mr Morel replied: "I just hope to recover the money I have lost during the last 10 years. The rest is for the children in the third world." |
| Mr Horwell then asked: "The truth is you will write and say anything to make money, won't you?" | Mr Horwell then asked: "The truth is you will write and say anything to make money, won't you?" |
| "I do not write anything, I say what I have heard and what I have seen," Mr Morel replied. | "I do not write anything, I say what I have heard and what I have seen," Mr Morel replied. |
| The inquest continues. | The inquest continues. |