it is all a chain reaction. She bought cards for birthdays. I also just watched this documentary. The McDonalds employees also denied that Schuler was intoxicated, and in fact, reported she carried on a coherent and lengthy conversation while she waited for her order. For the next 75 years, almost to the day, this tragedy would be Westchester Countys worst automobile accident one that the population hoped theyd never come close to again. Thank you! It wasn't until days later that the toxicology report's stunning results were known. so wha Blunt force trauma is the initial trauma (the immediate impact from the collision) from which develops more specific types such as bruises, abrasions, lacerations and/or bone fractures. If they go in with the mindset of drunk driver, usually from the police, they get myopic, just like the police. If every single person who knew her says she did not drink regularly or to excess, if every single person who knew her says she would not have done anything on purpose to harm her kids, if witnesses all through the timeline state she was not drunk, she did not smell of alcohol, and she did not appear under the influence, and even the times she is on video she is not impaired, logic dictates something else was wrong. Although the toxicology report stated that Schuler was heavily intoxicated, Schulers husband, Daniel, has consistently denied that she abused drugs or alcohol, and has made multiple media appearances to defend his wife. Which could introduce fungi as well BUT there are a few notable examples of penicillin resistant bacteria. "There were two that came to mind shortly after the Taconic incident where there were wrong-way drivers on the Taconic and both were intoxicated and both were charged with not only driving while intoxicated but also reckless endangerment," Becerra said. Not out of the question, of course, but feels like a leap of logic. Maybe she woke up that morning in a depressed state and when the weed didnt help alleviate (or maybe she didnt smoke at all) she turned to alcohol which only intensified her depressive state until she did what she did. We left for detox the next day his first stay was in May 2018 and when I dragged him there, his BAC was .476 and he had to go to the ER for two days first. The coroner probably never heard of the condition because its extremely rare. Her own son, the only survivor, stated many times Mommys head hurt and she could not see. This is not being drunk. This would also contribute to the Auto-Brew theory. Eight people, including four children, were killed in the three-car head-on collision July 26, 2009 in Briarcliff Manor along the Taconic State Parkway. Ive shared this info via msg on the Hance Family Foundations FB page several months ago. Jackie Hance with newborn daughter Kasey Rose (Today) Diane Schuler herself then got on the phone and described being disoriented; her vision foggy. Her toxicology report showed that her blood alcohol level was at 0.19 percent (over double the legal limit of .08 percent), with another six grams of alcohol sitting in her stomach yet to be absorbed. ******* The end of the exit ramp is marked with two signs that read, Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children with exercise bands, The mysterious vanishing of Nicola Bulley, Missing men - Bryce Borca, Dr Bolek Payan, George Musser and Teddy Egge, The Missing, Murdered and Reunited of Runaway Train. I know for a fact she wasnt drunk when she came into the station, he said in a news report. Schuler had a blood alcohol level of 0.19 at the time of the accident, and her family has long insisted that she was not a drunk driver. Four children and four adults were killed in the wrong-way crash; Diane Schuler%27s blood-alcohol level was double the legal limit; The Schuler family has denied she was drunk and high I dont know what to think. Whatever did happen to her, she was drunk and she was high. Schulers remaining niece and her 5-year-old son Bryan were taken to area hospitals, where her niece died later that day. I think she snapped that morning and chugged that vodka and weed not because of pain, but because she emotionally snapped over something. In 1934, a bus on its way from Brooklyn to Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York drove off an embankment and plunged into a ravine. Metabolic acidosis, a condition in which you have too much acid in your blood. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. And he never got his son any kind of counseling. Katie Serena is a New York City-based writer and a staff writer at All That's Interesting. According to the Alcohol Help Center, at 0.15%, gross motor skills are impaired. "The scientific evidence indicated that Diane Schuler was intoxicated at the time of the crash," the statement read. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane is a 2011 documentary television film directed by Liz Garbus about the 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash. Her pain, her puking on the side of the road. If she had a reputation of never touching drugs and alcohol this would be a mystery but she did drink and its not a mystery. His 36-year-old sister Diane Schulers number appeared on the caller ID, but when he answered, his own young daughter was on the line. The exit ramp itself is unmarked. where the body turns carbs into alcohol and creates very high blood alcohol levels regardless of whether or not the person had anything to drink. This time it all hit her at once and well we know what happens then. Diane Schuler, her daughter, and two of her nieces were likely killed instantly. Being in pain and disoriented, and not being able to see, her need to get her kids home may have been the only focus thought she had, however, we will never ever know. The accident is said to be the worst accident in Westchester County, NY. She wasnt alone on the Taconic, either. Volunteer fire chief Joseph LaGrippo, one of the first at the scene of the horrific Taconic crash, described it as something no human should have to see., Ill never forget what happened that day.. The Unsolved UK Podcast Diane Schuler/Taconic Parkway, Unsolved 13th Apr 2019 1 Minute. Timing of when you take your insulin. While certainly a possibility, it does not explain a very simple question: why would someone about to kill themselves be looking for Tylenol? Diane appeared normal with a blank stare to other drivers which makes sense for this condition, too. Her stomach was empty. Many brain abscesses begin from an infection to tissues near the brain, including an abscessed tooth. Gleason said within a few years, he survived two "scary moments," when wrong-way drunks passed him in the left lane onthe Hutch and the Cross-County. Urgent: if anyone knows the family of Diane Schuler, they need to let them know theres a very rare liver condition that can be triggered by an infection (Diane had a possible tooth infection!) YoutubeDiane Schuler and her husband Daniel on their wedding day. It seems odd that she would become so severely impaired in such a short timeline of events, especially because no one could say she appeared drunk. I think they know about her personal life, and blame her for doing this on purpose. Others who have it their blood levels show super high amounts of alcohol when in fact they havent drank anything. Several people who witnessed the accident immediately ran to assist the victims. By Monika. No one ever suggested he smelled like alcohol or acted intoxicated. Jackie Hance has filed for unspecified damages from the estate of Diane Schuler, after her three daughters died in a horrific crash when she barrelled in the wrong direction down the Taconic . The documents were released to the families of the three Yonkers, N.Y. men who died when Diane Schuler smashed her minivan full of children head-on into their SUV. Certainly not to drive straight, wrong side of the road or not. One last thing, there are a thousand things that could happen to any one of us at any given moment that would give any one of us these very same symptoms and behaviors, and has happened to many; they have docuseries and many medical dramas (House, CSI franchises, Forensic Files,etc.) Symptoms include: Schulers vehicle sped down the parkway for 1.7 miles before crashing head-on into a SUV driven by Guy Bastardi, 49. Shortly after placing the call to Hance, Schuler made it across the Tappan Zee Bridge and onto the Taconic State Parkway. Susan Watts/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images. that explain some of them. The combination of drug and alcohol intoxication creates even more issues. These seem consistent with reports of Dianes behavior that day. Meningitis and brain abscesses can both result from bacterial and fungal infections. Jackie Hance, sister-in-law of Diane Schuler, is shown in photo with two of her three daughters who were killed in crash Sunday when Schuler entered Taconic Parkway and drove the wrong way. The specifics of what happened in Diane Schulers car after the phone call are unknown and have been pieced together through witness accounts and toll information. At 9:30am on July 26, 2009, Diane Schuler loaded up her two children (ages five and two) along with her brother's, Warren Hance, three daughters (ages eight, seven, and five) into her brother's red 2003 Ford Windstar and left the Hunter Lake Campground to start the journey to West Babylon, New York. Diane Schuler, her daughter Erin, and her three nieces also died in the crash. He recalls her as reliable, trustworthy, honest, and denies her victims families claims that she was a murderer.. Hance reportedly told Schuler to stay off the road while he came to meet them; follow-up calls from Hance to Schuler were not answered. Around 9:30 a.m. Diane, along with her 5-year-old son Bryan, her 2-year-old daughter Erin, and her three nieces (8-year-old Emma, Emma, 7-year-old Alyson, and 5-year-old Kate) left the camp. *****Acting strange or feeling confused. The woman's 5-year-old son survived. Read it yourself. Ruskin told reporters in September that he had interviewed over fifty people who knew Diane, none of whom had ever seen her in a drunken state. Upon further inspection in to his medical history he was taking a medication for an infection that would have made him violently ill if he had drank more than 16 oz of beer, or more that a single shot. This is neither here nor there, but two things: Schulers van traveled south for 1.7 miles in the parkways northbound passing lane before colliding head-on, at approximately 1:35 PM, with a 2004 Chevrolet TrailBlazer, which then struck a 2002 Chevrolet Tracker. The fiery July 26 crash on the Taconic Parkway killed Schuler, her 2-year-old daughter, three young nieces and three men in the SUV. They prepared the family to head home to West Babylon on that late-July day. I havent read a lot of these post but I read an article that she was diabetic, if this is true then I truly believe she was having a diabetic episode. A motorist later found Schulers cell phone by the side of the road near the toll lanes of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Unfortunately, the niece would not. SUBSCRIPTION SALE: Get unlimitedaccess to lohud for one low annual fee, 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash, 10 years later, Read the 2012 NTSB Highway Special Investigation Report on Wrong-Way Driving, after driving north on the soutbound New York State Thruway, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Panicked calls to 911 poured in immediately following the accident. Thomas Gleason, commissioner of the Westchester County Department of Public Safety, said he doesn't think the county's roads are more susceptible to wrong-way drivers. Thus they look for reasons to excuse the behavior, but the bottom line is she drove while being severely inhibited by alcohol, which resulted in the death of herself and 7 other people. *********, Alcohol is a diuretic. I completely agree. #inline-recirc-item--id-d466033c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, #right-rail-recirc-item--id-d466033c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d { No possible explanation suffices for the horrific July 26 crash, in which Ms. Schuler, returning from a camping trip, drove 1.7 miles in the wrong direction on a curvy . Hold on. Dont want to go out with a headache? For reasons unknown or perhaps unintentionally, Schuler then left her phone on the side of the highway and drove off. On July 26, 2009, 36-year-old Diane Schuler drove the wrong way down the Taconic State Parkway in New York. Do you know if anyone has contacted Dianes family to relay this information to them? The person can become very drunk very suddenly without any consumption of alcohol. Sounds like an answered prayer! The autopsy report, prepared by Dr. Aleksandar Milovanovic of the Westchester County medical examiner's office, describes Diane Schuler's body and her injuries in grotesque -- but makes no mention . State police investigators spent weeks digging, and documents from the case file on the crash contain much of what they uncovered. The fiery July 26 crash on the Taconic Parkway killed Schuler, her 2-year-old daughter, three young nieces and three men in the SUV. I completely agree about the DTs. The report upheld the previous toxicology findings that Schuler was highly intoxicated and had high levels of THC in her system at the time of the accident. While at the gas station, she attempted to buy over-the-counter pain medication, but the store did not sell any. On the way to West Babylon, New York, Schuler stopped at a McDonalds fast-food restaurant and a gas station in Liberty, New York. Today, Daniel Schuler continues to refute claims that his wife is anything short of the perfect woman. She told him that they were being delayed by traffic. Symptoms include ******nausea and vomitting******* At first there was speculation that Schuler had a medical emergency which led to the accident, as she seemed fine to witnesses who saw her prior, but eventually toxicology results revealed that she was driving under the influence. November 10, 2009 - Diane Schuler, Wrong-Way Crash Mom: Got Sick Twice Before Collision Killed Eight, Says Report August 11, 2009 - Paper: Reunion in the Works for Wrong-Way Crash Families September 27, 2022. Becerra, who grew up in Westchester, said he could not say whether the county's roads were more or less susceptible to wrong-way drivers. The pain of the abscess, combined with vodka and marijuana, could have put her in a temporary state of deliriumthat triggered her fatal behavior. Just because her family, who admitted she drinks and smokes marijuana, doesnt want to believe she was driving under the influence does not make this a mystery. t did the autopsy say about the condition of her teeth?? She is seen claiming that she was told not to pick up and that she didnt understand any of it.. Thats when I tried to tie together the Auto-Brewery Syndrome and a blood infection. At 11:37 AM, Schuler called Warren Hance, her brother and the father of the three nieces in Schulers car. Diane's son survived the accident with several injuries and the passengers in the Tracker suffered minor injuries. 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The Absolute vodka bottle the photo shows a broken bottle, no one knows how much was even in that bottle and it was found in the back of the car, not near the driver. This week marks two years since Diane Schuler, a 36-year-old Long Island "supermom," caused a collision while driving a minivan the wrong way on New York's Taconic State Parkway. However, the only definite in all this is that 8 people lost their lives and that is extremely sad. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. The anniversary of Westchester County's worst crashraises the question: Are our highways more prone to wrong-way incidents? There is a condition called Auto Brewery Syndrome that is rare, but real. At the time of the crash, Diane Schuler was travelling at around 85 km/h. Something she might have done before multiple times (drinking) with no major side effects, this time was a perfect storm in combination with the health values seen in the additional blood work. With Jesse Temple, Brad Katinas, Diane Schuler, Jay Schuler. I was about to suggest the same thing. There are thousands of things that can and are overlooked in a normal autopsy; there are a million things out there that an ME can miss simply because they dont know to look for it, especially if its something rare. None of the results are flagged as being out of range but in fact some are (3 of them listed below) as follows: glucose normal range in women is between 70 and 99 mg/dL. A crash like that shines a spotlight on all future wrong-way crashes and arrests, the investigator said. Here's a timeline of key moments in the horrific Taconic wrong-way tragedy on July 26, 2009, when Long Island mom Diane Schuler drove drunk and high southbound on the northbound . The two passengers in the Tracker received only minor injuries. 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