Monday September 1 12:07 PM EDT 

Source: Diana Driver Far Over Alcohol Limit

PARIS (Reuter) - The driver of the car which crashed in Paris
Sunday killing Princess Diana and her companion Dodi Al Fayed had
a level of alcohol in his blood far above the legal limit, judicial sources
said Monday. 

They said the level was about 1.70 grams per liter of blood, a level
which medical experts say can cause staggering and double vision and
make it impossible to drive. 

A statement released earlier by the Paris prosecutor's office had said
only that the driver, identified as Henri Paul, a security officer at the
Ritz Hotel owned by Al Fayed's father Mohamed, had a blood alcohol
level "of a criminal nature." 

An individual weighing 75 kg (165 lbs) would have to drink more than
a bottle and a half of wine on an empty stomach to reach a blood
alcohol level of 1.75, and far more if the wine was consumed with a
meal. 

Under a 1995 law, the criminal level of blood alcohol is 0.8 gram per
litre in France. 

The car was traveling at high speed when the driver lost control and
slammed into a concrete post in a tunnel parallel to the River Seine
shortly after midnight. French media have reported that it was
moving as fast as 160 kph (100 mph).