Princess Diana’s last moments: French medic recalls ‘tragic night’ at accident scene in Paris tunnel

In this Dec. 11, 1995, file photo, Diana, Princess of Wales, arrives at the United Cerebral Palsy’s annual dinner at the New York Hilton. The princess died following a Paris car crash on Aug. 31, 1997. (AP)

PARIS — The woman was crumpled on the floor of a mangled Mercedes, unconscious and struggling to breathe. The French doctor had no idea who she was, and focused on trying to save her.

Twenty-five years later, Frederic Mailliez is still marked by what happened in the Alma Tunnel in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997 — and the realization that he was one of the last people to see Princess Diana alive.