The Car Accident
On the night of 31 August 1997, Paul was under the influence of alcohol and attempt to elude paparazzi photographers at high speed (estimated at over double the 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph) speed limit) when the Mercedes S280 he was driving crashed into a column supporting the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France. Paul's blood alcohol content level was subsequently found to be between 1.73 g/L and 1.75 g/L (~>0.17% mass/vol.), a figure over twice the legal limit in most geographic jurisdictions within the United States and more than three times the threshold for drunk driving as defined under French law. Paul's parents, Jean and Giselle dispute the authenticity and the accuracy of the test results, as does Dodi's father, Mohamed Al Fayed.
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