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Phone transcript of doctor who tended a dying Princess Diana

Here is the transcript of the call made by Dr Frederic Mailliez to a Corporal Bourdon in the dispatch room of the Paris fire service at 0.26am on August 31, 1997, which was read at Diana, Princess of Wales's inquest today.

A woman had called 50 seconds earlier, also reporting the crash:

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Dr Mailliez thought Diana was going to survive because her face did not look badly injured

Cpl Bourdon: Fire brigade, Hello.

Dr Mailliez: Hello, it's Dr Mailliez, there's been a serious accident with at least three people seriously injured, but I'm not sure where I am exactly. It's on the embankment.

Cpl Bourdon: You are on the Alma Bridge, aren't you, by the Place de la Concorde? Dr Maillez: It's before that, before.

Cpl Bourdon: Before it?

Dr Mailliez: Oh yes, we're before it.

Cpl Bourdon: You say that there are people seriously injured. What does that mean for you?

Dr Mailliez: There are one or two who appear to be dead and two others seriously injured. I can't tell you any more than that.

Cpl Bourdon: OK.

Dr Mailliez: We'll need at least two ARs. (The court heard that ARs are ambulances equipped for resuscitation). Cpl Bourdon: We're on our way, we're on our way.

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