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THE SECOND CAR. At least four eyewitnesses have described a slow-moving car driving ahead of the Mercedes in the right lane of the express road before it entered the tunnel at 12:25 a.m. on Aug. 31. Two off-duty chauffeurs standing near the tunnel entrance heard the roar...
Meanwhile, a man and woman driving through the tunnel in the opposite, eastbound direction also reported seeing a dark car in front of the Mercedes. There was a sudden screech of brakes. The man heard a "small" impact, then saw the Mercedes skid directly into a support pillar in the...
The theory of a collision with a second car is supported by evidence collected just inside the tunnel entrance on the night of the accident. In addition to the Fiat Uno taillight fragments, investigators found pieces of the Mercedes' headlight and of the plastic housing of its right-rearview mirror...
From the earliest days of the investigation, says a judicial source, the idea of such a collision has been a "fundamental" scenario. Investigators treated the theory with caution, however, reasoning that a small, flimsy car such as a Fiat Uno would have been sent flying by a Mercedes going an...
Another reason police have hesitated to commit to the second- car theory is that the slow-moving vehicle witnesses recalled may have been a gray Citroen BX, whose driver was questioned several hours after the accident. This young man reported hearing the squeal of brakes behind him as he drove...