Death in TheatreSuch was the state of the wreckage that it took fire crews an hour to extract Princess Diana. She was taken to the Pitie Salpetriere hospital in south-east Paris, where increasingly desperate efforts were made to save her life.It is not clear whether she was conscious at any stage. Mr Al Fayed's spokesman, Michael Cole, has revealed that an unnamed person in Paris passed on to Dodi's father her last words and requests. More than that is not known. Doctors Bruno Rioux and Philippe Pavie said in a statement: "The Princess of Wales was the victim of a high speed car crash tonight in Paris. She was immediately taken by the Paris SAMU emergency services which carried out initial resuscitation. "On her arrival at Pitie Salpetriere hospital, she had massive chest injuries and hemorrhaging, followed rapidly by cardiac arrest. "An emergency thoracectomy revealed a major wound on the left pulmonary vein. "Despite closing this wound and two hours of external and then internal cardiac massage, circulation could not be re-established and death occurred at 4 o'clock in the morning." Reporters were given the news by the French Interior Minister, Jean-Pierre Chevenement.
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