Dodi fayed injuries death

Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris in 1997

One of the first people to reach the scene of the crash that killed Princess Diana has relived the horror, at the inquest into her death.

James Huth said he was unable to see the princess because she was trapped so low in the car's footwell and was obscured by Dodi Al Fayed's body.

Mr Huth said he tried to calm the princess's bodyguard, Trevor Rees, who was injured in the car and "panicking".

He spoke via a video-link from Paris, where the crash happened in 1997.

Photo of dodi fayed

Photo of dodi fayed

Diana and dodi accident

Dodi fayed last words

Diana last photo

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Mr Huth told the inquest jury sitting at the High Court in London that Mr Rees's jaw was hanging loose.

He said he called the emergency services but told them there were only three people in the car, including one survivor.

I cannot think of why a car driving that fast would have to brake at that point unless there was something in its way

Mr Huth, a former dentist turned film-maker, also told the jury he witnessed a