August 31, 2022 is the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana . There has been a lot of controversy over the years about the cause of her death, but the truth of the car accident in Diana has now been revealed.
At midnight on August 30, 1997, at the right bank of the Seine River, a black Mercedes-Benz 280 S from the Liz Luxury Hotel drove into the tunnel under the Alma Bridge in the west of Paris. Suddenly the driver lost control and hit the thirteenth pillar in the tunnel (13 is the most unlucky number in France), causing a serious traffic accident that caused a car to be destroyed and people died. Sitting in the back seat is Diana and her new boyfriend Dodi. The driver and Doddy died on the spot, Diana was seriously injured, and only the bodyguard in the passenger seat survived the robbery.
Underground Passage of Alma Bridge
When the rescuers arrived at the scene, they did not know the identity of the victims. They did not understand why many reporters came to watch and take photos. When they pried open the car door, they heard the female passenger say in a daze: "My God! What happened?" Then they fell into a coma. This was Diana's last sentence before her death. In the early morning of August 31, the 36-year-old princess passed away due to ineffective rescue.
car accident scene
After Diana's death, the French police conducted an in-depth investigation into the accident, and the British government also participated in the investigation (the British side alone cost £4 million). The final conclusion of the official investigation was that the driver drove drunk. However, various causes of death have been circulated on the market, and the most common statement is the conspiracy theory of the British royal family.
Legend has it that Diana was pregnant before her death, and the royal family issued a killing order to protect their reputation. Fayed, a wealthy Egyptian-British rich man who lost his only son and the owner of the Liz Hotel, , believes in conspiracy theories even more. He did not believe the results of the official alcohol blood test on the driver and asked for a thorough investigation of the cause of the car accident. He hired a private independent investigation team. Although there have been official investigation conclusions over the years, there is still no consensus on the real cause of the car accident.
Car accident scene in the tunnel
2017, twenty years after the car accident, reporter Jean Michel Carades published a book titled «Who Killed Diana? », it can be said that the accident was finalized.
The author and two other reporters checked the highly confidential documents of the investigation report, traced the origin of the Mercedes-Benz car, found new clues, and directly met the person involved. They found that the first owner of the Mercedes-Benz 280 S had a serious car accident and thought the car was no longer worth repairing, so they sold the car to a scrap yard for reimbursement. But it was bought away, repairing the old and mixing into the high-end fleet rented by the Ritz Hotel. This car has always had a problem of balance and is inherently deficient.
On the day of the accident, gossip reporters surrounded the main entrance of the hotel. Dodi first asked someone to drive the car he used during the day away from the front door to lure the reporter away, and then they got into another car prepared by the back door, and the hotel driver was also the temporary candidate. The drunk driver unexpectedly got the chance to drive for , Princess Diana , and was so proud. In order to get rid of the follower reporter, he drove at high speed. The speed limit in Paris is 50 kilometers per hour, but his speed when he enters the tunnel reaches 150 kilometers per hour. After the accident, it was detected that the driver's blood alcohol content exceeded the standard by 3 times.
The bodyguard and driver photographed when he left that night, Diana lowered her head and sat behind her
When there was a car accident, a pedestrian couple happened to be on the bridge at the exit of the tunnel, and they provided an important clue. That night they saw a small white Fiat driving out of the tunnel, and the speed was very slow because the driver for some reason kept staring at the reversing mirror looking behind. There was a big wolf dog on the back seat of his car. Later, people found fragments of the rear headlights and scraped white paint of another car that was smashed at the accident site, proving that there was indeed a scratch accident here. According to the fragment analysis, the police quickly determined the model and inspected 5,000 similar cars in the city. It was only after three months that the owner was finally found. He is a 22-year-old security guard who came home from night shift that day and happened to pass the tunnel. But he was not the perpetrator, but the one who was hit.More than 0 years later, reporter Karadashi found the owner of the white Fiat and confirmed that the Fiat was rear-ended. According to the driver involved, the Mercedes-Benz drove too fast that day, swaying left and right, scraping his right taillight. The Mercedes-Benz driver tried to adjust the direction, but the angle was too large and hit the pillar, causing a tragedy. The young car owner was frightened when he learned that it was Princess Diana's accident the next day. Because he was afraid of causing trouble, he not only did not report the case, but immediately sprayed the car with red paint, changing his appearance.
From this point of view, Rafayed's conspiracy theory is untrue, but his own luxury hotel's careless management of vehicles and drivers caused both his son and Diana to die in the car accident.
There is a torch sculpture on the bridge where something happened, called "Fire of Freedom". In the early morning of the second day of the car accident, a mysterious car presented a bouquet of flowers in front of the "Fire of Freedom" and left quietly. A member of the royal family? People don't know. The news of Princess Diana's untimely death shocked Paris, and then more people came spontaneously to offer flowers.
This sculpture was originally led by the Paris-based «International New York Times», which mobilized Americans from all over the world to raise funds and create them for Paris to thank the French craftsmen, who went to New York in 1986. On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Statue, the statue of " Statue of Liberty " was used to repair the statue of " Statue of Liberty " in New York. "Fire of Liberty" is exactly the same as the torch in the hands of "The Goddess of Liberty" in New York.
a bronze plaque on the torch records the origin of the sculpture:
"Fire of Freedom
" " Statue of Liberty " flame, given to the French people by donors from all over the world, as a symbol of French-American friendship.
«International New York Times» On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the New York Times, 1887-1987, in Paris”
Now the sculpture has become a monument to Princess Diana. Visitors and even many French people do not know the true origin of the torch. Every day, tourists come to pay tribute and take photos. Flowers and photos are placed on the base, and the iron chains around them are full of love locks.
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