It seems to me, if she were a closet alcoholic, she wouldnt be vomiting because she would be use to being drunk. Ive seen people drunk enough they had a headache and blurred vision. I dont know what to think. July 26, 2011 -- Two years after the horrific Taconic State Parkway crash, the husband of Diane Schuler is suing New York State and the father of three nieces who were killed when the Long Island . The red Ford minivan hurtled down the fast lane of the northbound Taconic State Parkway in Mount Pleasant but it wasn'tgoing north. This documentary explores the depth behind the case of a woman whose vehicle collision killed numerous people, including herself. Schulers family persisted in refusing to accept the test results. Several people who witnessed the accident immediately ran to assist the victims. 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. 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. Perfect Mom Diane Schuler Drove Her Van Full Of Kids Into A Head-On Collision But Why Remains Unknown. ****Drinking alcohol. . They even suggested she could have had an embolism or a heart attack, though all claims of medical issues were refuted by the autopsy report. I was married twelve years and I swear on my life I never for a second thought his drinking was anywhere near as bad as it was. One would later die at the hospital, bringing the total number of fatalities to eight. 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 Warren Hance received a phone call. This is not something that someone performing a basic autopsy would be looking for and could very well have been overlooked, especially when the stomach contents was not even analyzed. A person not used to drinking daily would not have the ability to drink the amount Diane had in her system when she died. OK! Trigger Warning: This Case Includes ChildrenLinks:https://linktr.ee/murderwithmyhusband Case Sources:HBO - There's something wrong with Aunt Dianehttps://en.. Investigators noted that the toxicology report lined up with the vodka bottle found at the scene. Jennifer Fairgate and her briefcase of bullets. 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. I dont remember ANYTHING though. Um, honestly. I knew something was wrong with my ex I had him tested for celiac disease, I had him get an endoscopy, a colonoscopy. Second caller: I really dont know. The following photos are of the collision site only, and do not feature autopsy and cadaver photos. Vanished: Heidi Broussard (33) and Margot Carey (2wks). Deep infections can occur if left undiagnosed and can result in symptoms characteristic to which Diane experienced (such as frequent headaches). It even offers a theory as to why in the aftermath of the crash despite there being three families claiming to want the truth, in the end only the Bastardis actually meant what they said. Eventually, despite the Schuler teams efforts, investigators ruled the crash a homicide after claiming the deaths were caused by negligent driving. 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! Fugitive in $18 million COVID fraud scheme extradited to U.S. Second caller: The car is missing pieces. 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. After this look at the tragedy of Diane Schuler, check out the sinister google searches this mom made shortly before her autistic son was found dead. #inline-recirc-item--id-d466033c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child(5) { Caller: Theres an accident. Unfortunately this happened to one of us while she was driving. It was in the car. They also found a bottle of vodka at the crash which matched the conclusion that she drank1.7 liters of vodka. However, on a branch of this theory, I remembered that if she did seek treatment for an abscessed tooth her dentist would have likely prescribed some antibiotics, same Penicillin. 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. You do not have to be an alcoholic to be drunk and stoned. Katie Serena is a New York City-based writer and a staff writer at All That's Interesting. Youtube Diane Schuler and her husband Daniel on their wedding day. This story floats around the internet as an unsolved mystery. There were also sighs of chronic smoking. "So signage was definitely there.". I completely agree about the DTs. 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. Over the course of the investigation, Daniel Schuler eased up on his initial claims that his wife never drank during their camping weekend. Frantic drivers flooded 911 dispatchers with reports of a red minivan heading the wrong way down the parkway. A 2012 special investigation from the National Transportation Safety Board looked at wrong-way collisions. 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Actually witnesses said she was switching lanes sporadically. The following investigation determined that Diane Schuler was heavily intoxicated during the time of the crash. Talk of wrong-way drivers takes Gleason back to his first training officer who taught the new cop a valuable lesson. 911 operator: Sleepy Hollow, Pleasantville? The woman's 5-year-old son survived. On a Sunday morning, Diane Schuler drove the wrong way up an off-ramp (pictured above) in a minivan filled with children onto the Taconic and proceeded two miles before crashing into an SUV head on and ending eight lives, including her own. If you read George Perrys comment about this unusual syndrome or if you research it yourself (or if you know how alcohol is made) then you can determine that there must be yeast present. Diane appeared normal with a blank stare to other drivers which makes sense for this condition, too. Witnesses even stated that she was focused eyes dead ahead, speeding down that highway going the wrong way but staying in her lane. In the past 11 months, there have been at least a half-dozen wrong-way incidents on local roadways with no fatalities. Then, read about John Jairo Velasquez, the hitman nicknamed Popeye who killed more than 250 people. 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. He and his dad, Michael, and their family friend, Daniel Longo, were heading to Yorktown Heights for a family Sunday pasta dinner with family. The Journal News. It all depends how Much sugar Ive had in my system. 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. The purse: In the documentary pause it at the photo of the Vodka bottle. This time it all hit her at once and well we know what happens then. Forensic investigator Michael Archer told WCBS, "We'll never know why she did this. Diane and Erin were among the eight people killed in a fiery crash on Sunday, July 26, 2009, when Diane Schuler plowed into an SUV while driving the wrong way on the Taconic Parkway in Westchester . 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. Diane Schuler was able to do so. This time, she felt all these symptoms and became even more out of control triggering the agitated and aggressive driving state some witnesses describe. July 26 marks the 13th anniversary of the deadliest crash on a Westchester roadway in over 75 years. I thought it might be early-onset Parkinsons or severe anxiety or, yes, that auto-brewers thing. Fugitive in $18 million COVID fraud scheme extradited to U.S. Mexican troops kill 5 civilians in border city, sparking clash with residents, August 11, 2009 - Paper: Reunion in the Works for Wrong-Way Crash Families, August 10, 2009 - Paper: Wrong-Way Crash Mom's Husband Had DWI. There had to be another explanation, he said: a stroke triggered by a tooth abscess, perhaps. I dont think well ever know, but Id like to hear the viewpoint of her inlaws. Ofcourse I understand that her actions leading up to this tragedy didnt alert or worry anyone, it still seems a bit overwhelming to have her driving 5 kids (3 of which were not hers) alone with no adult support. 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. There have been more wrong-way incidents in the decade since and, while the Taconic tragedy is still the deadliest, it still bears hallmarks of most wrong-way crashes: They are rare, they are often deadly and they are oftenfueled by alcohol. It was determined that a single beer he had, that the bartender testified the man did not even finish, was in his stomach and leaked out causing a false .26 It was further determined he did not even cause the accident, a speeding car ran him off the road and he lost control. Ok so seems pretty solid until you remember, oh yea, that ridiculously high blood alcohol content and THC. It specifically does NOT state alcohol. It was the worst thing Ive seen in 24 years, said state Police Capt. Dont want to go out with a headache? A motorist later found Schulers cell phone by the side of the road near the toll lanes of the Tappan Zee Bridge. ******* 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. Of those that responded to the crash, the first two were fellow drivers who had witnessed the ordeal. Diane Schulers family, however, denied all allegations of intoxication and several people Schuler had interacted with over the course of the morning backed up the familys claims. I left him in September 2018 and he lived with relatives or in hotels from December 2018 until his death. She very well could of suffered from this Syndrome and not known it. 6. Do you have any way to check with the family to see if they have looked into this? High levels of chloride may be a sign of:****** Dehydration*******. It all began when Schuler took off the wrong way on the Taconic in a van filled with her two children, Erin, 2, Bryan, 5, and three nieces, Emma Hance, 8, Alyson Hance, 7, and Katie Hance, 5. In New York, the level for intoxicated driving is 0.08%. 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. She was not zigzagging OBVIOUSLY SHE COULD SEE! I really hope her family gets answers someday. These seem consistent with reports of Dianes behavior that day. Ive shared this info via msg on the Hance Family Foundations FB page several months ago. They had tried to stop her, they told investigators. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. I agree about with Georgia Perrys comments. Diane's son survived the accident with several injuries and the passengers in the Tracker suffered minor injuries. 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. There are many reasons why you may have low blood sugar, including: Taking too much insulin. She and her husband Daniel had been camping for the weekend with their children and nieces at the Hunter Lake Campground in Parksville, New York. In addition, maybe the marijuana in her system was from the night before to help her sleep. The exit ramp itself is unmarked. 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. According to a police report, Schuler was seen at approximately 11:45 AM by the side of the road with her hands on her knees, as if vomiting; she was seen again in the same position a short time later, north of the Ramapo rest stop. Still, the number of deaths attributed annually to wrong-way crashes has fluctuated little; it is typically between 300 and 400. Documents released Friday show that Schuler pulled over twice prior to the crash, where she was seen "bent over as if she was sick" at 11:45 a.m., and again 30 minutes later, outside the van, "like she's getting sick," WCBS reports. / CBS News. Come Sunday she was probably experiencing low glucose, high potassium and high chloride in her blood which in combination and as time progressed and she consumed some more alcohol, the effects took on a stronger impact. I completely agree. Learn how your comment data is processed. Becerra estimates he has investigated "probably half a dozen" wrong-way head-on crashes in his 34 years on the job. The Journal News. Diane Schuler killed herself and 7 others that day. The entire event took less than three minutes. Panicked, Hance told Schuler to pull over and stay off the road. Schuler had begun her day with seemingly good intentions. My husband had an abscessed tooth that ended in a brain infection, and it was nothing like this. Many, many people overlooked it. Of course, increased potassium is very dangerous and our body responds by releasing insulin, because insulin helps to temporarily regulate potassium levels. Riding with Schuler were her 5-year-old son, 2-year-old daughter, and her brothers three daughters (ages 8, 7, and 5). At the time, the crash was the deadliest on a Westchester roadway in 75 years. 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 . Symptoms include ******nausea and vomitting******* I feel like her vomiting and erratic behavior was caused by DTs. Josie, The only thing I have a hard time with is her being an alcoholic. Three men in the Chevrolet outrider, 81-year-old Michael Bastardi, his 49-year-old son Guy, and Diane's boyfriend, . #inline-recirc-item--id-d466033c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, #right-rail-recirc-item--id-d466033c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d { 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. 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. 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. I know the family probably wont read this but I have had 2 accidents that, thank God, nobody was hurt and it was from my oxygen level being so low. The incidents range from a New York City womanwhodrove the wrong way while drunk on the Sprain in Greenburgh in April to a White Plains man with a blood-alcohol level at 0.22% nearly three times the legal limit arrested in Ardsley last September after driving north on the soutbound New York State Thruway. Fort Valley State University student Missing Where is Anitra Gunn? Why then would she stop for breakfast at McDonalds shortly after leaving? YoutubeDiane Schuler and her husband Daniel on their wedding day. But no one who came in contact w.her found her intoxicated. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Where was she and what was she doing between 1030a and 1130A? After discovering this and looking at the tissue samples, all the tissue samples were clean, just like with Dianes case. Id like to talk to family members. 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