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Passerby Held Diana's Hand

'My God, my God,' she said in last moments

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 13, 2007 6:27 AM CST
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(Newser) – A good Samaritan dramatically described holding the hand of Princess Diana and comforting her as she lay dying in the tangled wreckage of a Mercedes in a Paris tunnel. “She repeated words, ‘My God, My God,'” he said in a statement read yesterday at the London inquest into the death of the princess.

He said he “tried to reassure her, telling her in English: ‘Don’t worry.' She opened her eyes but didn’t answer me; she simply continued moving her hand. I think she was unconscious.” The inquest has now hit a snag because the French are no longer encouraging key witnesses to testify.

Emergency workers examine the scene of the crash that claimed the life of Princess Diana. (AP Photo/Jacques Langevin, HM Coroner, ho)
Emergency workers examine the scene of the crash that claimed the life of Princess Diana. (AP Photo/Jacques Langevin, HM Coroner, ho)   (Associated Press)
Handout photo made available last month at the inquest in London into the death of Princess Diana shows the wreckage of her car in Paris on the night she died. (AP Photo / Romulad Rat, HM Coroner, ho)
Handout photo made available last month at the inquest in London into the death of Princess Diana shows the wreckage of her car in Paris on the night she died. (AP Photo / Romulad Rat, HM Coroner, ho)   (Associated Press)
Inquest photo shows Princess Diana with Dodi Al Fayed in the back of a car on the night both of them died in a car crash in Paris. (AP Photo / Jacques Langevin, HM Coroner, ho)
Inquest photo shows Princess Diana with Dodi Al Fayed in the back of a car on the night both of them died in a car crash in Paris. (AP Photo / Jacques Langevin, HM Coroner, ho)   (Associated Press)
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