CBS Evening News - 1997-09-01
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[0:01] A stunned British nation lines up for an
[0:04] outpouring of unbridled emotion with
[0:06] condolences in writing and with flowers.
[0:09] While in Paris, the investigation of the
[0:11] car crash that killed Princess Diana
[0:13] takes a new direction. Prosecutors now
[0:16] say that based on the driver's blood
[0:18] alcohol level, he was intoxicated.
[0:24] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:28] Rather reporting tonight from London.
[0:32] Good evening. The investigation into the
[0:34] sudden death of Princess Diana in a car
[0:36] crash took a sudden turn today. Police
[0:39] say the blood alcohol level of the
[0:41] driver behind the wheel in Paris early
[0:43] Sunday morning was more than triple the
[0:47] legal limit and the driver may have been
[0:49] going more than 120 m an hour. Our
[0:52] coverage of the death of a princess and
[0:53] the outpouring of emotion here in Great
[0:55] Britain and beyond begins with CBS's
[0:58] Vicky Mabberry and the new information
[1:00] in Paris. Vicki,
[1:02] Dan, tonight the investigation is
[1:04] shifting from the paparazzi to the
[1:05] driver who was killed in the crash. Ori
[1:08] was a security guard, not a professional
[1:11] chauffeer, but he drove Princess Diana
[1:13] with tragic
[1:15] consequences. The prosecutor's office
[1:17] made it official today. Hri Paul's blood
[1:19] alcohol level was three and a half times
[1:22] the French legal limit. Though France
[1:24] has the strictest drunk driving laws in
[1:26] Europe, toxicology tests show Paul had
[1:29] consumed the equivalent of an entire
[1:31] bottle of wine before taking the wheel.
[1:33] He was called on to drive the princess,
[1:35] her companion Dodie Aliad, and their
[1:37] bodyguard that night because Althad's
[1:40] reg