From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!npoiv!alice!rabbit!xchar Newsgroups: net.auto Title: Re: seatbelts Article-I.D.: rabbit.752 Posted: Thu Sep 16 00:30:54 1982 Received: Thu Sep 16 03:56:50 1982 MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP)--The stunned people of Monaco, sud- denly bereft of their storybook princess, filed in mournful lines past the former Grace Kelly's coffin Wednesday, in the hilltop palace where the fabled Hollywood beauty first joined them 26 years ago. Princess Grace, the American-born actress who won an Oscar in a brief but triumphant film career, died late Tuesday of a cere- bral hemorrhage at age 52, about 36 hours after plunging down a ravine in her automobile. Word of her death shocked the people of Monaco because her injuries--reportedly two broken ribs, a fractured collarbone and a broken right leg--were thought not to be critical. Although no detailed report on the cause of death was issued, medical experts elsewhere noted that undetected or seemingly minor head injuries sometimes produce cerebral bleeding that can suddenly become fatal. Grace's 10-year-old British-made Rover sedan missed a nearly 360-degree turn on a steep, twisting road that local drivers say wreaks havoc with brakes. The car glanced off the end of a guardrail, entered a small feeder road and then tumbled down 120 feet through a stand of sea pines and thick brush. Palace officials and police insist Grace was at the wheel, despite reports by witnesses that her daughter, Stephanie, who at 17 is too young for a license, might have been driving. It is clear that neither had attached seatbelts, despite a French law requiring the use of belts at all times. ``What does it matter, anyway?'' said Gerard Py, a physical therapist from Monaco who drove out for a look. ``They didn't in- volve anyone else--it was just one car. Who was driving concerns only the family.''