A witness to the 1997 Paris car crash which killed Britain's Princess Diana has described seeing a white Fiat being driven in a strange manner at the scene, a British newspaper reported Sunday.
Souad Mouffakir told The People that she was being driven by her then husband Mohamed Medjahdi in front of Diana's Mercedes when it was involved in an accident in an underpass beside the Pont de l'Alma in the French capital.
Her account appeared to contradict remarks from Medjahdi, who was quoted in the Daily Mail newspaper last week as saying that there were no other vehicles in sight when the smash happened.
Mouffakir, 33, told The People at her home in northern Paris: "I saw through the back window a Fiat Uno driving very fast up to us in the outside lane. But rather than hurtle past, it slowed down so we were side by side."
She said the driver "had a very strange expression like his mind was thinking about something else. His whole manner was odd. It troubled me."
Mouffakir described the driver as "Mediterranean, short because his head was only just above the steering wheel."
She added: "His skin was tanned and his hair was very dark brown and wiry."
"He was in his mid-30s. In the back seat was a huge alsatian. I became very scared, I thought he was a madman and I told Mohamed to speed away. We did that and a moment later we heard the screech of tyres.
"I looked round and saw a black Mercedes sliding out of control at 45 degrees, coming straight at us. I saw the car impact into the pillar. I did not realise that I had just seen the crash that killed Diana," she was quoted as saying.
The paper said that Mouffakir had remained silent for six years about what she saw because she feared for her life.
But Mouffakir, who according to the paper split with her husband three years ago, said she was "sick that Mohamed lied".
Medjahdi told the Daily Mail last week that there were no other vehicles or photographers in sight when the crash happened.
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