Firefighter At Paris Crash Scene Recalls Princess Diana's Final Words

A French firefighter who rushed to the Pont de l’Alma tunnel on the night of Princess Diana’s fatal accident has shared what could have been her very last words.

It has now been 28 years since that tragic night when the Princess of Wales, along with her partner Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul, died in a horrific crash in Paris.

According to reports, Paul was behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz S280, speeding through the tunnel as nine photographers and journalists pursued them closely.

During the high-speed chase, Paul lost control of the car and slammed into one of the tunnel’s concrete pillars. The impact killed him instantly, along with Fayed.

Princess Diana and Fayed’s bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, survived the initial impact but suffered devastating injuries. Firefighters and emergency crews worked frantically at the scene to save lives.

Years later, on the 20th anniversary of Diana’s death, firefighter Xavier Gourmelon revealed in an interview on Good Morning Britain what she said in her final conscious moments.

It's been 28 years since Diana's death Anwar Hussein/WireImage

When he first approached the wreckage, Gourmelon explained that neither he nor the other responders realized who the victims were. At first glance, he did not recognize Diana at all.

He remembered her looking at him and saying: "She looked at me and said, 'Oh my God, what's happened?'"

Gourmelon said she appeared distressed and shaken inside the wreck before slipping back into unconsciousness moments later.

"I tried to calm her down and tell her we'd look after her, and she fell into a coma again," he recalled.

"At that moment, the doctor said she was in cardiac arrest."

"So, we gave her CPR, and after 20 seconds, she regained consciousness, and we transferred her to the ambulance."

Trevor Rees-Jones was the only survivor (Jacques Langevin/scottbaker-inquests.gov.uk via Getty Images) front-left

The firefighter explained that when Diana was lifted from the car and rushed to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, he honestly believed she would recover.

From what he could see, her injuries seemed limited to her shoulders, and he didn’t notice any major bleeding.

But tragically, in the early hours of the morning around 4:00 a.m., Diana went into cardiac arrest once again, and doctors were unable to revive her.

Trevor Rees-Jones, though badly hurt, survived and became the only living witness from inside the car.

A French investigation later determined that Henri Paul had been intoxicated and driving at dangerous speeds, which caused the fatal crash that night.

Diana's death shook the world JOHN D MCHUGH/AFP via Getty Images

A separate British inquest, known as Operation Paget, took a deeper look into the circumstances. It concluded with a verdict of 'unlawful killing,' citing reckless driving as the primary cause.

The inquiry also highlighted that none of the passengers had been wearing seat belts, which likely worsened the extent of their injuries.

Diana and Fayed’s romance, though brief, had drawn intense global attention in the weeks before their untimely deaths.

The tragedy followed shortly after Diana’s very public separation from Prince Charles. The two had finalized their divorce in 1997 after 15 years of marriage.

The couple had first announced their separation in December 1992, after Queen Elizabeth II formally advised them to end their marriage. Four years later, the divorce was made official.

Chillingly, in 1995, just two years before her death, Diana had written a note in which she seemed to foreshadow the possibility of dying in a car accident.