dt                          PRINCESS DI DEAD                          08/31/97 ================================================================================                              DAYTON DAILY NEWS                   Copyright (c) 1997, Dayton Newspapers Inc.DATE: Sunday, August 31, 1997               TAG: 9708310275EDITION: CITY          SECTION: NEWS        PAGE: 1A TYPE: CENTERPIECE   MAJOR   MAIN SOURCE: FROM WIRE SERVICES                                PRINCESS DI DEAD                   COMPANION, GUARD ALSO DIE IN PARIS CRASHPARIS    Britain's Princess Diana, who had been struggling to build a newpublic and private life after her turbulent divorce, was killed Sunday alongwith her companion, Dodi Fayed, in a car crash as their Mercedes was beingpursued by photographers.   The 36-year-old princess died at 4 a.m., Paris time, after a lunghemorrhage, doctors told a hospital news conference.   Doctors worked at least two hours to revive her, according to broadcastreports.   The crash happened shortly after midnight in a tunnel along the Seine Riverat the Pont de l'Alma bridge. It came as paparazzi - the commercialphotographers who constantly tail Diana - followed her car, police said.   The death was announced at a 6 a.m. hospital news conference by Dr. AlainPavie, head of the cardiology department.   ``The death of the Princess of Wales fills us all with shock and deepgrief,'' said British ambassador Michael Jay, who was at the hospital.   Diana's death from cardiac arrest came after she suffered heavy internalbleeding in the early-morning accident. French radio said the paparazzi weretrailing Diana's car on motorcycles. Five photographers were arrested, itsaid.   The high-speed pursuit ended in a crash in the tunnel that trapped severalpeople in a pileup. The force of the crash crumpled the roof of the Mercedesto door-high level.   Fayed, the 42-year-old son of the billionaire Egyptian owner of London'sprestigious Harrod's department store, was also killed in the accident, alongwith the chauffeur.   His father, Mohamed Al Fayed, was on his way to Paris, said his spokesman,Michael Cole.   France Info reported the chauffeur was a security agent at the Hotel Ritz,owned by Fayed's father, Mohamed Al-Fayed.   The fourth person in the car, a bodyguard, was also seriously injured inthe crash.   Diana died at the Hospital de la Pitie Salpetriere in south-central Paris.   Before news of the death, a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman in London saidPrince Charles, now in Balmoral, Scotland, had been informed of the accident.   ``We are aware of this awful accident but we are awaiting further detailsabout what has happened,'' the spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity.   The spokesman said the accident was predictable because photographersrelentlessly pursued the princess wherever she went.   ``The car was being chased by photographers on motorcycles, which couldhave caused the accident,'' a spokesman for the Prefecture of Police said.   Police seized motorcycles and scooters after the accident, CNN reported.   American tourists Tom Richardson and Joanna Luz were among the first on thescene.   They told CNN they were walking nearby when they heard the crash and raninto the tunnel.   The car Diana was in ``looked like it hit a wall,'' said Richardson, of SanDiego.   ``There was smoke. I think the car hit a wall. A man started runningtowards us telling us to go.''   Miss Luz said: ``The horn was sounding for about two minutes. I think itwas the driver against the steering wheel.''   The police said the car was totally wrecked. The impact was so great, thecar's radiator was hurled onto the knees of the front-seat passenger. Theprincess was in the back seat.   British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was awakened with news of theaccident, said he was ``shocked and saddened'' by the ``devastating, appallingtragedy,'' a Downing Street spokesman said.   Fayed's and Princess Diana's close friendship became clear to the outsideworld over the past five weeks, as the couple took a series of holidaystogether in the Mediterranean.   Newspapers reported Diana first met Fayed almost 10 years ago when he andPrince Charles played polo on opposing teams. Films he has produced orco-produced include the 1981 Oscar-winning ``Chariots of Fire,'' ``The WorldAccording to Garp,'' ``F/X'' and ``Hook.''   On Aug. 21, Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed flew to the French Mediterraneanresort of St. Tropez for their third holiday together in five weeks.   Reportedly a multi-millionaire, Fayed had homes in London, New York, LosAngeles and Switzerland as well as a garage full of luxury cars. His 1994marriage lasted just eight months.   Mohamed Al Fayed was a friend of Princess Diana's father, the late LordSpencer.   In the first week of August, British newspapers speculated that Dodi andDiana were in love. On Aug. 10 a tabloid newspaper published blurred picturesof the couple kissing.   Diana and Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, separated in 1992after 11 years of marriage and divorced last year.   Last week, Diana told the French newspaper Le Monde that she would haveleft Britain if it wasn't for her children.   ``Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons,''Diana said in the interview.LENGTH:  108 linesILLUSTRATION: COLOR PHOTOS: (4):          (#1) The crashed Mercedes in which Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed          were riding is about to be loaded onto a truck to be taken out of a          Paris tunnel.          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