Pont de l'Alma: Difference between revisions

{{main|Death of Diana, Princess of Wales}}

The bridge is close to the Pont de l'Alma tunnel where [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|and three others were involved in a fatal car crash]] on 31 August 1997. They were being chased by [[paparazzi]], and their chauffeur was driving under the influence of alcohol.<ref name="NYT97">{{Cite news |last=Whitney|first=Craig R.|title=Diana Killed in a Car Accident in Paris|newspaper=The New York Times|page=1|date=31 August 1997 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/31/world/diana-killed-in-a-car-accident-in-paris.html|access-date=10 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name="KingBeveridge2001">{{cite book|author1=John King|author2=John Beveridge|title=Princess Diana: The Hidden Evidence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AI0ui3cazTcC&pg=PA282|access-date=31 May 2013|year=2001|publisher=SP Books|isbn=978-1-56171-922-8|pages=282}}</ref> The ''[[Flame of Liberty]]'' (completed in 1987), at the bridge's north end has become an unofficial memorial to Diana. The square is now officially named [[Place Diana]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/30/paris-pays-homage-princess-diana-naming-square-22-years-fatal/|title=Paris pays homage to Princess Diana by naming a square after her, 22 years after fatal car crash|first=David|last=Chazan|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=30 May 2019|location=London}}</ref> The tunnel is known as an accident black spot from 1982 to 1997

 

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