Paris police remove the crumpled wreck that carried Princess Diana. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE KAHN REUTERS From: September 1, 1997 PARIS: Princess Diana, her boyfriend and their chauffeur were killed late Saturday night when their car slammed into a concrete pillar while being pursued by paparazzi. Six of the photographers and a driver have been detained by police for questioning. Reuters reports they could be charged with endangering lives and failing to assist persons in danger for taking pictures of the crash scene instead of helping the victims. The incident occurred in a tunnel along the Seine River around midnight local time as the princess, 36, and her 42-year-old Egyptian boyfriend, Emad "Dodi" al-Fayed fled the photographers, who pursued on motorcycles. Their Mercedes Benz went out of control and was crushed in the ensuing accident. "The car had clearly done a lot of spinning and was facing in the opposite direction," said Scott MacLeod, of TIME's Paris Bureau.   -- Michael Goldfarb More on this subject: Princess Diana 1961 - 1997