Susan Watts/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images. There had to be another explanation, he said: a stroke triggered by a tooth abscess, perhaps. 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. "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. Sorry people, but there is no getting around that. Schuler, her daughter, and three of her nieces were killed in the crash, along with the three men in the TrailBlazer. 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, ? Around 11 AM, however, the trouble started. The van was indeed Schulers. If she had had some type of brain issues, like a stroke, or something else, wouldnt it have shown up under examination in the autopsy? Arthur Boyko of Troop K. The ages of the victims and the nature of the accident made it harder.. Caller: Good God. A cellphone screen would appear blurry and judgment and perception would be severely impaired. display: block; Why in the world would she keep driving being that sick with FIVE kids in the car? And then I flew out of the car like Superman. 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. 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 two occupants of the Tracker suffered only minor injuries. May they all Rest In Peace. The coroner probably never heard of the condition because its extremely rare. 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. Five days after autopsy results gave additional confirmation that Diane Schuler's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit with further indication that she had been . Diane Schuler Police Report - 2009 Taconic State Parkway Accident Created Date: 12/26/2009 12:44:12 PM . The end of the book reveals Mike Bastardi's own theory about how Diane Schuler came to be driving drunk and stoned at 85 mph in the wrong direction. Over the course of the investigation, Daniel Schuler eased up on his initial claims that his wife never drank during their camping weekend. He was on his way and would meet them shortly. "But they are much more likely to result in fatal and serious injuries than are other types of highway accidents.". Forensic investigator Michael Archer told WCBS, "We'll never know why she did this. Diane Schuler her two children and three nieces did not get any chance to survive the crash. 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. 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. I knew something was wrong with my ex I had him tested for celiac disease, I had him get an endoscopy, a colonoscopy. "Just about every case that we've experienced and that I've seen in 36 years has involved some type of impairment, whether drugs or alcohol," he said. 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. 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. 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 think she snapped that morning and chugged that vodka and weed not because of pain, but because she emotionally snapped over something. According to the autopsy report that you can read for yourself through the link on this page, Diane did NOT suffer from alcoholism or addiction of any kind. There were no masses, fibrosis, hemorrhages, legions, no fatty changes, inflammation, necrosis or tumor; Liver unremarkable, kidneys normal, pancreas unremarkable. November 10, 2009 / 2:05 PM 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. Also, there was a bottle of Absolut Vodka found in the wreckage. 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. 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. Several people who witnessed the accident immediately ran to assist the victims. the entire family is NUTS. *****Acting strange or feeling confused. She was drinking vodka. In humans it can be found in almost any organ or system in our bodies. I dont remember any of it and dont even remember getting into the car. Where did she get it, and from whom? I completely agree about the DTs. Blood-Ethanol-.19g/100mL. The pain of the abscess, combined with vodka and marijuana, could have put her in a temporary state of deliriumthat triggered her fatal behavior. Sometimes I can have only two sips of something and I feel dizzy already. Throughout the documentary, Daniel and Jay Schuler, Dianes sister-in-law, claim that Ruskin was not returning their phone calls for nine months. "You can have all the signage you want, but if somebody is that drunk it's not going to make a difference.". 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. One minute later, 911 operators received four more calls, this time reporting a similar van driving the wrong way down the parkway at 80 miles per hour. Schulers remaining niece and her 5-year-old son Bryan were taken to area hospitals, where her niece died later that day. Schuler drove nearly twomiles in the wrong direction until, at 1:35 p.m., she hit aSUV driven by Guy Bastardi of Yonkers. Seven of the 11 people involved in the crash were pronounced dead at the scene. The Incident. The film profiles Diane Schuler, who caused the fatal car accident, through interviews with her family members and friends, and attempts to piece together Schuler's actions on the day of the . Dont want to go out with a headache? Daniel Schuler and Barbara publicly attributed Diane Schulers erratic driving to a medical issue, such as a stroke. Brain abscesses are serious and can be treated if found early and if they occur more superficially in the brain. "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.' 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New York State Police Investigator Joseph Becerra said a trooper's accident report doesn't include a"wrong-way box" to check, suggesting those accidents are too rare to warrant adesignation. Or Hospital Scapegoat? 0:05. At the time, the crash was the deadliest on a Westchester roadway in 75 years. 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. 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. Katie Serena is a New York City-based writer and a staff writer at All That's Interesting. Of the 1,566 wrong-way fatal crashes in the six years covered by the 2012 report, 936 of them 60 percent "had indications of alcohol involvement." 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. Ive seen him with a blood level of 35 and be completely erratic and detained by officers and other times be completely fine and coherent with the same blood levels. Her pain, her puking on the side of the road. Diane's son survived the accident with several injuries and the passengers in the Tracker suffered minor injuries. 2:50. Even if she had all the medical conditions people are speculating she had, which ultimately caused the high BAC level etc. Warren Hance received a phone call. I agree about with Georgia Perrys comments. I just watched the HBO documentary Somethings Wrong With Aunt Diane and this was first thought as well! Bastardis car was also carrying his father Michael Bastardi, 81, and their friend Daniel Longo, 74. Well, whats yeast? This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. I just noticed the following on the autopsy report, last page additional blood work. The symptoms are very similar. Schulers 5-year-old son Bryan and one of her nieces initially survived the crash and were taken to a local hospital. Daniel Schuler told investigators that his wife smoked marijuana occasionally and the family told PEOPLE magazine that she used it to relieve insomnia. 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. A crash like that shines a spotlight on all future wrong-way crashes and arrests, the investigator said. So much this! It causes your body to remove fluids from your blood through your renal system, which includes the kidneys, ureters, and bladder, at a much quicker rate than other liquids. As soon as they saw what had happened, they rushed to help pulling Schuler and her kids out of the van. "The scientific evidence indicated that Diane Schuler was intoxicated at the time of the crash," the statement read. In an attempt to prove that his wife had not been intoxicated, Daniel Schuler and his attorney issued a statement that claimed Diane Schuler had been driving erratically due to a medical issue such as a stroke rather than intoxication. 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 just discovered this article and am feeling some sad relief that Im not the only one who failed to recognize an addict was right under their nose. What Happened To Diane Schuler Son? Interesting theories, but the one thing that stands out to me is that she seemed DETERMINED to keep driving. Chloride is a type of electrolyte. It was the worst accident in that area in 75 years and it devastated so many. 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. Gleason said that several factors can reduce the number of fatalities in wrong-way incidents. As they pulled Diane Schuler out, they reported seeing a large bottle of Absolut Vodka broken on the floor of the drivers side a report that would be taken into account when the medical examiner performed his autopsy. The 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash was a traffic collision that occurred shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 26, 2009, on the Taconic State Parkway in the town of Mount Pleasant, near the village of Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States. 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. The three passengers of the Trailblazer, 81-year-old Michael Bastardi, his 49-year-old son Guy, and their friend, 74-year-old Dan Longo were also likely killed on impact. 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. Wait a second Im not from around here. The Unsolved UK Podcast Diane Schuler/Taconic Parkway, Unsolved 13th Apr 2019 1 Minute. 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. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane: Directed by Liz Garbus. Lets continue with the theory where she really did not consume any alcohol. 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. She was fine, but she did ask for Tylenol.. By Monika. Diane Schuler was able to do so. ", PREVIOUSLY ON CRIMESIDERAugust 11, 2009 - Paper: Reunion in the Works for Wrong-Way Crash FamiliesAugust 10, 2009 - Paper: Wrong-Way Crash Mom's Husband Had DWIAugust 7, 2009 - Crash Mom's Husband: Killer or Victim: Who Was Wrong-Way Crash Mom?August 6, 2009 - Crash Mom's Husband: "I Would Marry Her Again Tomorrow" August 5, 2009 - Despicable! She leaves her phone on the barrier on the side of the road. 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. Diane Schuler was a 36-year-old woman from New York. This would also contribute to the Auto-Brew theory. The woman's 5-year-old son survived. 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. Link copied Sept. 1, 2009, 9:23 PM UTC / Source . Severe low blood sugar is below 54 mg/dL, 2. They also found a bottle of vodka at the crash which matched the conclusion that she drank1.7 liters of vodka. In essence, accident reconstruction is a branch of causation forensics that involves knowing how and why an accident happened. There's a simple reason for that:"The vast majority of wrong-way collisions" are head-on, the NTSB noted. In addition, maybe the marijuana in her system was from the night before to help her sleep. The bus was instantly engulfed in flames, ultimately resulting in the loss of 20 lives. Hold on. The two passengers in the Tracker received only minor injuries. Remember the bath salts driving party-goers insane a few years ago? 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 is known as the main subject of the Taconic State Parkway crash back in 2009. 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. She was just nice, loving, kind, he says. It all depends how Much sugar Ive had in my system. 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. Id like to talk to family members. Vanished: Heidi Broussard (33) and Margot Carey (2wks). The red Ford minivan hurtled down the fast lane of the northbound Taconic State Parkway in Mount Pleasant but it wasn't going north. 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. Having seizures. ******Not eating enough carbs for how much insulin you take I feel like her vomiting and erratic behavior was caused by DTs. That has been a widely discussed theory since it happened. Dianes dental records showed that she was prescribed Vicodin at least twice from what was shown on the documentary. When she was unable to find any, she self medicated with drugs and alcohol. Leading up to the crash, it appeared as though Schuler was behaving normally. 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 . Bryan survived suffering from broken bones and severe head trauma. The anniversary of Westchester County's worst crashraises the question: Are our highways more prone to wrong-way incidents? She was an alcoholic and a drug addict and I am sure her family know it. 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. . its a theory and could be worth investigating if any of these things contributed to the her behavior that day. Diane Schuler's History-Making Crash. This documentary explores the depth behind the case of a woman whose vehicle collision killed numerous people, including herself. Yeah, theres whole bunch of kids. Nope. They had honked their horns and flashed their lights. 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. At approximately 9:30 AM on Sunday, July 26, 2009, Schuler left the Hunter Lake Campground in Parksville, New York, in a red 2003 Ford Windstar. Pleasantville Road. Was she really the reckless drunk, or the perfect suburban mother? Sounds like an answered prayer! 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. Its also worth noting that if this were true then Diane Schuler is one rare unlucky woman. Now you may be putting it together. 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. In addition, Auto Brewery Syndrome can cause severe bouts of vomiting, and she was seen on the side of the road in that condition. The children had been in the backseat, but were not secured in car seats, nor did they appear to have been wearing seatbelts. so wha 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. Please, please relay this information to the family if you know them. Witnesses even stated that she was focused eyes dead ahead, speeding down that highway going the wrong way but staying in her lane. She very well could of suffered from this Syndrome and not known it. After discovering this and looking at the tissue samples, all the tissue samples were clean, just like with Dianes case. A second autopsy was done and it was determined that the stomach contents had leaked out contaminating the source the blood and urine was collected from due to a tear and several lacerations from the accident. September 27, 2022. It seems to me, if she were a closet alcoholic, she wouldnt be vomiting because she would be use to being drunk. I dont see the fit. The campground co-owner, who claimed to know the Schulers well and saw them off at approximately 9 AM that morning, said that Schuler appeared sober when she left. Diane had had recent dental surgery so perhaps shed developed an infection following that surgery that went unchecked. 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. Medical Examiners are not Gods, they overlook things, and they dont do everything on every autopsy. She was probably trying not to drink with the kids. 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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. ****** Watching that hbo special really changed my perspective, as soon as I heard her sons words: mommys head hurt & she could not see, thats it! The documentary suggests that Schuler could have been suffering from severe pain caused by a tooth abscess during the drive home. And he never got his son any kind of counseling. In June 2010, theNew York State Policeissued its final report on the accident following eleven months of analysis. A motorist later found Schulers cell phone by the side of the road near the toll lanes of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Youtube Diane Schuler and her husband Daniel on their wedding day. Which, in such a situation, I think is imperative! Unfortunately this happened to one of us while she was driving. herself and seven others when she drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway, A broken, 1.75-liter bottle of Absolut vodka was also found in the wrecked minivan. Earlier this week, Dominic Barbara, attorney for Schuler's husband, Daniel, announced that Diane Schuler's body would be exhumed at her family's request. 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. "Yes, the body will be exhumed," attorney . 0:04. 2:50. 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. Second caller: Its really bad, the kids are bleeding. "I've seen a lot of horrific things but because of all the children involved and the amount of fatalities it was one of the worst," Becerrasaid. 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