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Diana 'removed drip after crash' Diana 'removed drip after crash'
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Diana, Princess of Wales, ripped a drip from her arm as doctors tried to treat her following her car crash in a Paris tunnel, her inquest has heard.Diana, Princess of Wales, ripped a drip from her arm as doctors tried to treat her following her car crash in a Paris tunnel, her inquest has heard.
The jury heard evidence from an emergency specialist who oversaw Diana's treatment after the 1997 crash.The jury heard evidence from an emergency specialist who oversaw Diana's treatment after the 1997 crash.
Dr Jean-Marc Martino said she was "shouting...things in English which were comprehensible yet incoherent".Dr Jean-Marc Martino said she was "shouting...things in English which were comprehensible yet incoherent".
The court also heard her injuries suggested her heart was thrown violently forward inside her chest.The court also heard her injuries suggested her heart was thrown violently forward inside her chest.
There are no recorded cases of patients with the same injuries arriving at hospital alive, the court was told.There are no recorded cases of patients with the same injuries arriving at hospital alive, the court was told.
Princess 'refused treatment'Princess 'refused treatment'
Dr Martino's account was given to the hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London by Professor Andre Lienhart via video-link from Paris.Dr Martino's account was given to the hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London by Professor Andre Lienhart via video-link from Paris.
Professor Lienhart, who later investigated all aspects of Diana's treatment for a French magistrate, said an assistant had to hold the princess's arm by force to get a drip in but she quickly pulled it out.Professor Lienhart, who later investigated all aspects of Diana's treatment for a French magistrate, said an assistant had to hold the princess's arm by force to get a drip in but she quickly pulled it out.
He said: "Due to the agitation, the first line, the first drip was removed.He said: "Due to the agitation, the first line, the first drip was removed.
"She was agitated, she refused treatment ... he decided to inject some drugs to reduce the agitation, for her to accept treatment.""She was agitated, she refused treatment ... he decided to inject some drugs to reduce the agitation, for her to accept treatment."
Emergency workers attend to the crashed Mercedes in ParisEmergency workers attend to the crashed Mercedes in Paris
The court heard that the force of the impact caused a key blood vessel attached to Diana's heart to tear. It also damaged the pericardium, the organ's casing.The court heard that the force of the impact caused a key blood vessel attached to Diana's heart to tear. It also damaged the pericardium, the organ's casing.
As a result the princess, who was not wearing a seatbelt, suffered massive internal bleeding when the car crashed in the tunnel on 31 August, 1997.As a result the princess, who was not wearing a seatbelt, suffered massive internal bleeding when the car crashed in the tunnel on 31 August, 1997.
Diana survived for three and a half hours after the crash but was finally declared dead at Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital following two heart attacks and nearly two hours of open heart massage. Diana survived for three and a half hours after the crash but was finally declared dead at Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital following cardiac arrest and nearly two hours of open heart massage.
Professor Lienhart said he concluded that the princess might have been sitting sideways when the car crashed.Professor Lienhart said he concluded that the princess might have been sitting sideways when the car crashed.
It rammed into a pillar in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel after leaving the Ritz Hotel in Paris shortly after midnight.It rammed into a pillar in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel after leaving the Ritz Hotel in Paris shortly after midnight.
"There was a very strong and brutal rotational movement," Professor Lienhart told the jury."There was a very strong and brutal rotational movement," Professor Lienhart told the jury.
Addressing the professor, Nicholas Hilliard, counsel to the inquest, asked: "In other words, that on impact the heart had been projected very violently to her right-hand side?"Addressing the professor, Nicholas Hilliard, counsel to the inquest, asked: "In other words, that on impact the heart had been projected very violently to her right-hand side?"
The professor replied: "Yes, that's true."The professor replied: "Yes, that's true."