Saturday September 27 7:05 AM EDT 

Witness Says Diana's Car Was Driving Safely

NEW YORK (Reuter) - A man riding in a taxicab that was passed by
Princess Diana's car before it crashed in Paris said her car was not
traveling at an unsafe speed. 

In an interview with CBS News aired Friday, California businessman
Brian Anderson said Diana's Mercedes was traveling at about 70 mph
that night and was being closely followed by two motorcycles. 

"My perception as a lay person was the car was not traveling at an
unsafe speed," Anderson said. 

He said the first motorcycle had two people on it and was the more
aggressive, heading "in a direction to get in front of the car." 

"I felt that the one motorcycle, certainly without hesitation and any
doubt whatsoever, was driving aggressively and dangerously." 

Nine photographers and a photo agency motorcyclist face possible
charges of manslaughter and failing to help accident victims in
connection with the August 31 crash in which Diana, her companion
Dodi Al Fayed, and driver Henri Paul died. 

French authorities are investigating whether the photographers
contributed to the high-speed crash by chasing the princess's car, and
whether they took pictures afterward rather than alert emergency
services and help the victims. 

Anderson's account put the motorcycle-riding paparazzi much closer
to Diana's car than the accounts of the photographers and their
attorneys, CBS said. 

Anderson told CBS he lost sight of Diana's car for a few moments,
and then heard a tremendous crash. 

"I looked up and saw an object cross ... the front of the car, at some
distance, hitting the wall. It took a second to register that it was an
automobile," he said. 

French police questioned Anderson over several days about the
accident and he expects to speak with them again, CBS said. 

"I only saw this bit. There are professionals that are looking at the
entire spectrum of the events and I will trust that they will discover
what the cause was. I don't know."