Where was she and what was she doing between 1030a and 1130A? Other witnesses reported seeing a minivan pulled over on the side of the highway with a woman bent over next to it who appeared to be vomiting. In New York, the level for intoxicated driving is 0.08%. At 1:33 PM, two drivers called 911 after noticing Schulers van edging onto the northbound exit ramp of the Taconic State Parkway near Briarcliff Manor, New York. Now you may be putting it together. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. 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. Diane Schuler's History-Making Crash. Except for the lack of any evidence whatsoever to support it. Bryan survived suffering from broken bones and severe head trauma. 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. 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. 911 operator: Sleepy Hollow, Pleasantville? 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. The man was not actually drunk at all. Volunteer fire chief Joseph LaGrippo, one of the first at the scene of the horrific Taconic crash. She was not zigzagging OBVIOUSLY SHE COULD SEE! 6. Diane Schuler was a 36-year-old woman from New York. 54,789 fatal crashes on divided highways; 1,566 wrong-way fatal crashes on divided highways. That doesnt sound like some kind of situation where the stomach is manufacturing the alcohol. Brain abscesses are serious and can be treated if found early and if they occur more superficially in the brain. A blood alcohol test in ABS would have the exact same results as someone drinking large amounts of alcohol. 2. The following investigation determined that Diane Schuler was heavily intoxicated during the time of the crash. For some reason, both times, I called my son and he talked me into pulling over. A chloride blood test measures the amount of chloride in your blood. Maybe she developed a dependence and started drinking heavily when she couldnt get more? Diane had had recent dental surgery so perhaps shed developed an infection following that surgery that went unchecked. I would like to suggest a possibility. 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. However, at the same time that Diane was reporting heavy traffic, other motorists on the NY Thruway were reporting a different series of events. Schuler, her two-year-old daughter and three nieces were killed in the crash along with the three men in the other vehicle. Deep infections can occur if left undiagnosed and can result in symptoms characteristic to which Diane experienced (such as frequent headaches). There are ocular migraines that distort vision and disorientate to the point that she may not have known how fast she was going and she could very easily not been able to see. I left him in September 2018 and he lived with relatives or in hotels from December 2018 until his death. Signs of dehydration include: CI 125 mmol/L I knew something was wrong with my ex I had him tested for celiac disease, I had him get an endoscopy, a colonoscopy. She was drinking vodka. Investigators noted that the toxicology report lined up with the vodka bottle found at the scene. "He said, 'Kid, when you're driving on the parkway on the midnight tour, especially, and there's nobody on the road you driving up and down the parkway there's no need to be flying up and down in the left lane.' Sadly her in-laws, who lost their three beautiful daughters, refused to speak afterwards. Donate today. They prepared the family to head home to West Babylon on that late-July day. I think she decided that day to carry out an action shed been contemplating for a while. When the body goes through a massive trauma such as Diane did in the car accident, the body cells release a high amount of potassium. Daniel Schuler eventually admitted that he and his wife had been drinking during the weekend, but he denied that Diane had anything to drink the morning of the crash. In marijuana. Back in 2009 they didnt t know as much About gut health. Ten years later, nothing has happened to change that distinction. She very well could of suffered from this Syndrome and not known it. ******If you dont drink enough water with alcohol, you can become dehydrated quickly.********. 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. Diane Schuler, a36-year-old Long Island mother of two, was at the wheel, drunk and high, headed south at 70 mph. Why then would she stop for breakfast at McDonalds shortly after leaving? Maybe she and Danny had a fight before she left? Blood-Ethanol-.19g/100mL. Police told WCBS that this information supports a new theory of the fateful night that Schuler, who smoked marijuana regularly according to her sister-in-law, but did not drink often, was overcome by the 10 shots of vodka she is believed to have consumed during her deadly drive. Sometimes I can have only two sips of something and I feel dizzy already. display: block; But idk that well ever know the truth surrounding it! "The scientific evidence indicated that Diane Schuler was intoxicated at the time of the crash," the statement read. If they go in with the mindset of drunk driver, usually from the police, they get myopic, just like the police. 3. Her husband was in a deep denial bcos he was desperate to protect her reputation. "So signage was definitely there.". He was a secret drinker and reminds me a lot of Diane, just from what Ive read from the article. The occupants of a third vehicle sustained minor injuries. The drive takes about 40 min, but she's gone for over an hour when her brother called. 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. ******* She pulled over twice and vomited, did not stay put like her brother wanted her to, and even set her phone down at one point. Aspergillus is an invasive fungi found pretty much everywhere. There had to be another explanation, he said: a stroke triggered by a tooth abscess, perhaps. Several people who witnessed the accident immediately ran to assist the victims. This time it all hit her at once and well we know what happens then. 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. that explain some of them. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. A man who died in the wrong-way crash that killed eight people on a New York highway survived the impact and suffered at least briefly from pain . *****Acting strange or feeling confused. Which could introduce fungi as well BUT there are a few notable examples of penicillin resistant bacteria. The report also said that she had high levels of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, in her system and had smoked marijuana as recently as 15 minutes prior to the collision. Sorry people, but there is no getting around that. Its also worth noting that if this were true then Diane Schuler is one rare unlucky woman. During this call, At 1:33 PM, two drivers called 911 after noticing Schulers van edging onto the northbound exit ramp of the Taconic State Parkway near Briarcliff Manor, New York. A 1.75-liter bottle of Absolut was found in Schuler's wrecked Ford Windstar after the fiery July 26 smash-up, which killed her, her 2-year-old daughter, her three young nieces and three Yonkers men in the SUV she hit. Metabolic acidosis, a condition in which you have too much acid in your blood. "You can have all the signage you want, but if somebody is that drunk it's not going to make a difference.". Caller: Good God. The NTSB report concluded that "driving while impaired by alcohol is the primary cause of wrong-way driving collisions.". shes going to jail for a long time, Her thinking at that point, under the influence she decides to get rid of her self and all the witnesses, ? Though he suffered from severe head trauma and several broken bones, Bryan would ultimately survive his ordeal. According to Tom Ruskin, an investigator hired by Daniel Schuler, no McDonalds employees saw any signs of intoxication in Diane Schuler, although she engaged in extended conversation there while ordering food. Schuler left Liberty just after 11 AM, traveling along Route 17/Interstate 86 and Interstate 87, entering the Ramapo service area, and crossing the Tappan Zee Bridge, heading east. 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Witnesses later reported seeing a red minivan driving aggressively on Route 17/Interstate 86 and Interstate 87, including tailgating, flashing headlights, honking the horn, and straddling two lanes. Diane had multiple bone fractures, with lacerations in her internal organs. Her husband, Daniel Schuler, left the campground at the same time in a separate vehicle. Wait a second Im not from around here. My exes extreme alcoholism didnt happen overnight. Combined with an intake of carbohydrates, large amounts of alcohol are actually brewed in the stomach. The family of Diane Schuler wants to have her body exhumed to resolve questions over whether she drank and smoked marijuana before the wrong-way Taconic State Parkway crash, an attorney for her . Aside, theres no evidence to suggest mental health issues. Diane was the first pulled out of the car. Schulers minivan was in flames, the Bastardis SUV was decimated and bodies of dead and dying children were lying on the parkway. Then Barbara told Larry King that they planned to exhume Diane's body for further testing. Her family is in denial. 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 . Learn how your comment data is processed. Second caller: The car is missing pieces. Eight people were killed when a minivan, being driven by 36-year-old Diane Schuler, traveled 1.7 miles (2.7 km) in the wrong direction on the . 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. Brian Schuler was the only survivor of the crash. Daniel Schuler told investigators that his wife smoked marijuana occasionally and the family told PEOPLE magazine that she used it to relieve insomnia. 2:50. He doesn't remember what happened in the car. 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 want to know what happened that day," said forensic investigator Michael Archer. There have been many autopsies were blood and urine alcohol levels are contaminated. Two hours later, Warren Hance would receive his daughters worried phone call. .component--type-recirculation .item:nth-child(5) { Auto Brewery is relatively rare, however is becoming increasingly more common, especially when factoring in gluten issues. Link copied Sept. 1, 2009, 9:23 PM UTC / Source . Schuler drove nearly twomiles in the wrong direction until, at 1:35 p.m., she hit aSUV driven by Guy Bastardi of Yonkers. Daniel also revealed that his wife smoked marijuana occasionally but never to excess and only for insomnia. Aspergillus, although uncommon, has caused meningitis and brain abscesses. Any high is replaced by agitation or depression. November 10, 2009 / 2:05 PM Her minivan collided with an SUV, resulting in the deaths of Schuler, her daughter, her three nieces, and three passengers in the other car. Ruskin then informs her that his tests corroborated the previous tests; that Schuler was highly intoxicated from alcohol and marijuana. After discovering this and looking at the tissue samples, all the tissue samples were clean, just like with Dianes case. Um, honestly. Daniel Schuler, Diane Schulers husband, outside attorney Dominic Barbaras office in Garden City. 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 . While at the gas station, she attempted to buy over-the-counter pain medication, but the store did not sell any. "Exhuming her body is only going to prolong the pain of the families involved . September 27, 2022. Unfortunately, the niece would not. In addition to being drunk, Schuler also had high levels of THC in her system; enough to suggest she could have smoked marijuana as recently as 15 minutes before the crash. If Diane had a long history of oral hygiene issues then its likely possible that her gut was generating too much microbial fungi (gut fungi) causing infections in her oral cavity. 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. Due to the crash and the publicity of it, the governor of New York David Paterson proposed the Child Passenger Protection Act, which would make it a felony to drive while intoxicated with a child under the age of 16 in the car. Maybe they couldve found out more. 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. Unless you believe that a woman whos like a PTA mom of the year decides this is the day I dont give a damn, Im going to have eight or ten shots and smoke a joint in front of my kids and nieces, then something else had to happen, said Daniel Schulers private investigator. The documentary suggests that Schuler could have been suffering from severe pain caused by a tooth abscess during the drive home. In humans it can be found in almost any organ or system in our bodies. 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. I dont think well ever know, but Id like to hear the viewpoint of her inlaws. On July 26, 2009 Diane Schuler killed herself and seven others when she drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway. I just watched the HBO documentary Somethings Wrong With Aunt Diane and this was first thought as well! The Taconic crash scene was unforgettable, he said. She's seen becoming visibly ill. She gets shitfaced to work up the courage and to offer a reason for the crash as an accident vs a simple suicide. For 1.7 miles, it erratically sped south down the northbound lanes of the Taconic State Parkway before colliding head-on with a Chevrolet Trailblazer which subsequently collided with a Chevrolet Tracker at 1:35 p.m. According to the Alcohol Help Center, at 0.15%, gross motor skills are impaired. Jennifer Fairgate and her briefcase of bullets. Case example: on first autopsy a 49 yr old male came back with a .26 blood alcohol. On that bright sunny Sunday 10 years ago, July 26, 2009, families were shattered in a fiery crash that killed eight,including four girls, ages 2 to 8. Panicked calls to 911 poured in immediately following the accident. Witnesses flew into action to pull Schuler and the kids from the burning van, which had rolled over as it went down an embankment onto agrassy median. Ada Hart. An astonishing sequence of pictures of the final minutes of Princess Diana's life have emerged as the long-awaited inquest into her death finally opened today. While certainly a possibility, it does not explain a very simple question: why would someone about to kill themselves be looking for Tylenol? People do not think or act rationally when intoxicated so trying to rationalize her behavior leads to far fetched, unsubstantiated theories. 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. in 75 years. Second caller: Were on the Taconic going northbound by the Sleepy Hollow/Pleasantville exit Route 117. 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I thought it might be early-onset Parkinsons or severe anxiety or, yes, that auto-brewers thing. Even if she had all the medical conditions people are speculating she had, which ultimately caused the high BAC level etc. 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. } Many depressed people turn to substances to cope. At 11:37 AM, Schuler called Warren Hance, her brother and the father of the three nieces in Schulers car. Although Daniel Schuler is an officer in the Public Security Unit of the Nassau County Police Department, he was not required to report his wifes drug use because he is a civilian. As your low blood sugar gets worse, you may experience more serious symptoms, including: Feeling weak. A 2012 special investigation from the National Transportation Safety Board looked at wrong-way collisions. Theres like little kids the kids not moving. It also explained the handful of witnesses who had reported seeing Schuler driving erratically, those claiming to see a woman vomiting on the side of the road, and the daughters phone call claiming Schuler was having trouble seeing and thinking clearly. Cool, but Auto-Brewery Syndrome alone doesnt feel like the only thing at play here. Becerra estimates he has investigated "probably half a dozen" wrong-way head-on crashes in his 34 years on the job. There were also sighs of chronic smoking. Id like to talk to family members. At the time, the crash was the deadliest on a Westchester roadway in 75 years. 0:04. So much this! Chloride is a type of electrolyte. Someone needs to pass along this info to the family because its very likely Diane had this more so than a good mother drinking 10 cups of alcohol before driving with children in the car! Whatever did happen to her, she was drunk and she was high. As mentioned by the source, Diane was driving a red 2003 Ford Windstar that belonged to her brother. I dont remember ANYTHING though. A cellphone screen would appear blurry and judgment and perception would be severely impaired. 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. Hance listened intently as his worried 8-year-old Emma explained that aunt Diane was having trouble seeing while driving and wasnt speaking clearly. As soon as they saw what had happened, they rushed to help pulling Schuler and her kids out of the van. They had honked their horns and flashed their lights. Actinomycese is a rare but aggressive invasive bacteria that causes a disease called Actinomycosis. It was in the car. NEW YORK (CBS) Diane Schuler, the suburban New York mother who died in a wrong-way crash that killed three other adults and four children in July, was twice seen doubled over on the side of the road, "getting sick," witnesses told state police investigators in documents released to CBS affiliate WCBS. There is a condition called Auto Brewery Syndrome that is rare, but real. 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. With her were her children: Bryan, 5, and Erin, 2. Many brain abscesses begin from an infection to tissues near the brain, including an abscessed tooth. Not out of the question, of course, but feels like a leap of logic. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. first of all, the autopsy report states they checked several areas in her brain and found nothing out of the orinary. 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. A couple of comments on theories. I know for a fact she wasnt drunk when she came into the station, he said in a news report. There were lawsuits and later, sealed settlements against Schuler's estate. Schuler's five-year-old son Bryan was the crash's only survivor and suffered two broken legs and a broken arm among other serious injuries. She was an alcoholic and a drug addict and I am sure her family know it. There are aneurysms, blood clots, cysts that could have been overlooked, and it does mention a lot of clots that are not specifically stated as post mortem. Most often, people are driving impaired late at night, sharing the road withfewer cars, he said. These lives passed instantly when the crash happened. . Barbara has also mentioned an abscess that had persisted in her mouth for seven weeks before her death and a lump in her leg, about which he said could have been a pulmonary embolism. Her behavior does not indicate suicide, the evidence in the autopsy report absolutely and unequivocally proves she was NOT an alcoholic and did NOT have any addiction issues, and quite frankly was not thorough enough. However this time, since she had been drinking on and off during the weekend and maybe even other times leading up to that weekend, she probably did not eat well (substantial nutrient rich foods) and probably did not drink alot of water. Schulers remaining niece and her 5-year-old son Bryan were taken to area hospitals, where her niece died later that day. Diane Schuler, a 36-year-old . 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. A skinnier person might have been passed out with that much alcohol in her system. Then, read about John Jairo Velasquez, the hitman nicknamed Popeye who killed more than 250 people. At the end of the documentary, Ruskin states that he had called her months ago with the results and that she refused to pick up her phone. You are definitely aware that youre drunk and trying to operate a vehicle would be really challenging so, how did she manage to drive so well she didnt crash into anyone or anything before she went the wrong way on that road?). Second caller: Its really bad, the kids are bleeding. At about 1 PM, another call was made to Hance from Schulers cell phone. Diane Schuler and her husband Daniel on their wedding day. I have to add this idea that her marijuana was tainted with some other drug like PCP. She MURDERED those people!!!! As you can draw from the preceding story of the Diane Schuler Accident, a reconstruction of events is essential to determine the cause of the tragedy. Lucy Letby- Killer Nurse? I agree about with Georgia Perrys comments. Taconic death-driver Diane Schuler's family is seizing on autopsy results as proof she wasn't an alcoholic - even though they show she was drunk and stoned. ****** The entire event took less than three minutes. While I dont necessarily understand the circumstances surrounding the driving arrangement when leaving the park, it serves as a reminder that maybe two adults should be present when there are more than two kids in a car. A gas station employee from whom Diane Schuler had attempted to buy over-the-counter painkillers vigorously denied that she had been drunk. Where things stand in the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial That is a woman who doesnt give a $HIT about life anymore and wants to end it, and doesnt care who else goes down with her. Drivers and eyewitnesses report Diane as being alert and focused as they swerved out of her way. Hold on hold on. 1. I also just watched this documentary. Around 11 AM, however, the trouble started. In November, it was reported that Diane Schulers sister-in-law had made a statement to police that Diane Schuler smoked marijuana on a regular basis. Schulers 5-year-old son Bryan and one of her nieces initially survived the crash and were taken to a local hospital. Police believe that the car was stopped in a pull-off area beyond the Tappan Zee Bridge tollbooths for at least part of this call. 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. When there are many broken bones and lacerations, and in this case even burns, blood and urine and even visceral fluid can be contaminated if there are tears, and lacerations which Diane has many of.
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