On August 31, 1997, shortly after midnight, the car in which Princess Diana and her partner …

were in crashed into the 13th concrete support column of the roof of the Pont d’Alma tunnel in Paris.

The result of the serious collision was that the driver of the vehicle Henry Paul, and Fayette himself found instant death. Princess Diana, who sat on the rear right side of the car, was injured, but did not lose her life.
Driver Trevor Reece Jones, a member of the Fayette family personal security, was slightly injured. Until Diana was freed from the vehicle, paparazzi had rushed to the spot to whom the princess whispered: “Leave me alone.” To the hospital where she was taken, doctors tried to save her, as she was suffering recurring cardiac arrest, and as it was found, due to the collision, her heart was shifted to the right side of her chest. The efforts of the doctors were in vain and the princess finally passed away at 4 in the morning.
The news of her death saddened the whole Great Britain and at the same time raised questions about the circumstances under which the accident happened….