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Dark Car Spotted in Diana Crash

Posted Oct 16, 07 8:56 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – A second, dark car may have been involved in the 1997 Paris car crash that killed Princess Diana and boyfriend Dodi Fayed, according to testimony at the inquest into the collision yesterday. Two witnesses who were walking outside the tunnel where the accident occurred also testified that they heard two crashes, the second louder than the first, reports CNN.

The sound of a racing engine caught one witness' attention, who remembered remarking "what an idiot." The coroner informed jurors at the start of the inquest that debris suggested Diana's car collided with a white Fiat Uno before it hit a pillar. That car has never been traced. Another witness testified yesterday that he saw a mysterious blinding flash of light in the tunnel before the crash.

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Handout photo by Romulad Rat which was made available Thursday Oct. 11 2007, from evidence presented at the inquest being held in London, into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales showing the wreckage...   (Associated Press)
Handout photo by Jacques Langevin which was made available Thursday Oct. 11 2007, from evidence presented at the inquest being held in London, into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales showing Diana...   (Associated Press)
Members of jury and court officials from the Coroner's inquest into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed enter the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris Monday Oct. 8, 2007, where the...   (Associated Press)
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