I know its difficult for people to believe that a mother would do something so reprehensible. The following photos are of the collision site only, and do not feature autopsy and cadaver photos. Maybe she and Danny had a fight before she left? 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. In the documentary, Daniel and Barbara claim they gave Ruskin $30,000 to conduct an independent investigation and to re-test samples. 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. He was drinking behind my back for years and years, Im convinced of it. There have been many autopsies were blood and urine alcohol levels are contaminated. She could have snapped. A medical examiner found Diane Schuler's blood-alcohol level was 0.19, more than twice the state's legal limit of 0.08, according to Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore. Schulers vehicle sped down the parkway for 1.7 miles before crashing head-on into a SUV driven by Guy Bastardi, 49. Schuler was not alone in that van, driving back to Long Island. Which could introduce fungi as well BUT there are a few notable examples of penicillin resistant bacteria. normal blood potassium level is 3.6 to 5.2 millimoles per liter (mmol/L) Lucy Letby- Killer Nurse? I also understand that there are plenty of people who have more than 5 kids and travel/drive just fine, just thought Id mention that. They symptoms include decreased mental processes (confusion, decreased responsiveness), difficultly speaking and movement (loss of muscle function), vision problems, and vomiting to name a few. 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But no one who came in contact w.her found her intoxicated. 1894 shipwreck found in Lake Huron, confirming "powerful, tragic story", Garland to face Congress amid ongoing special counsel investigations, Eli Lilly to cut insulin prices by 70%, cap monthly costs at $35, Pandemic-era food benefits end for millions of Americans as costs rise, Three officers shot, standoff follows in Kansas City, Mo., police say, FBI chief says agency feels pandemic likely started with Chinese lab leak, Pennsylvania police seized gloves, flashlight from home of Idaho murders suspect, Where things stand in the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial, How Alaska became one of fentanyl's deadliest frontiers. 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. 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. My husband is type one diabetic and Ive witnessed myself multiple times him have episodes and they are always different. While certainly a possibility, it does not explain a very simple question: why would someone about to kill themselves be looking for Tylenol? It . 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. I was about to suggest the same thing. was there any abcesses??? The children had been in the backseat, but were not secured in car seats, nor did they appear to have been wearing seatbelts. 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. Read it yourself. Hold on hold on. 6. Ive shared this info via msg on the Hance Family Foundations FB page several months ago. t did the autopsy say about the condition of her teeth?? 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. Pennsylvania police seized gloves, flashlight from home of Idaho murders suspect A motorist later found Schulers cell phone by the side of the road near the toll lanes of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Of course, increased potassium is very dangerous and our body responds by releasing insulin, because insulin helps to temporarily regulate potassium levels. According to the Alcohol Help Center, at 0.15%, gross motor skills are impaired. The anniversary of Westchester County's worst crashraises the question: Are our highways more prone to wrong-way incidents? No one ever suggested he smelled like alcohol or acted intoxicated. Drivers and eyewitnesses report Diane as being alert and focused as they swerved out of her way. YoutubeDiane Schuler and her husband Daniel on their wedding day. Schuler did not end up purchasing the painkiller, as the station was sold out of it. I completely agree about the DTs. Given potential chronic infection in the mouth area, the infection could possibly travel to the brain and could potentially result in effects similar to what Diane was experiencing on that dreadful day. These lives passed instantly when the crash happened. Her minivan collided with an SUV, resulting in the deaths of Schuler, her daughter, her three nieces, and three passengers in the other car. 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. Hot and humid weather. The woman's 5-year-old son survived. 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. Medical Examiners are not Gods, they overlook things, and they dont do everything on every autopsy. 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 . Though he suffered from severe head trauma and several broken bones, Bryan would ultimately survive his ordeal. The gas station employee whom Schuler asked for Tylenol around 11 AM also said, [I knew] for a fact [that] she wasnt drunk when she came into the station.. According to Barbara, Diane Schuler suffered from diabetes though additional sources cite Schuler as having had gestational diabetes a temporary condition related to a prior pregnancy rather than a chronic condition. }, First published on November 10, 2009 / 2:05 PM. 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Diane Schuler was a 36-year-old Long Island woman who tragically killed herself and seven others in a fiery wrong- way car crash on the Taconic State Parkway in New York in 2009. Which, in such a situation, I think is imperative! Um yeah there are. I hope they can get some kind of answers for this family. The documentary suggests that Schuler could have been suffering from severe pain caused by a tooth abscess during the drive home. 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. Diane Schuler and her husband Daniel on their wedding day. November 24, 2009 8:26pm. 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. Aspergillus, although uncommon, has caused meningitis and brain abscesses. 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 . They had tried to stop her, they told investigators. The occupants of a third . There were also sighs of chronic smoking. Symptoms include: He was a secret drinker and reminds me a lot of Diane, just from what Ive read from the article. "As part of our investigation we went up and down the Taconic and every entrance is clearly marked, with 'do not enter, wrong way,' [signs]" Becerra said. Where things stand in the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial 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. All of them, he said, involved alcohol. 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. Authorities believe Schuler was not an alcoholic, according to the station. Unfortunately this happened to one of us while she was driving. There were no masses, fibrosis, hemorrhages, legions, no fatty changes, inflammation, necrosis or tumor; Liver unremarkable, kidneys normal, pancreas unremarkable. Cause include *****dehydration*******. The NTSB reported that, from 2004 to 2009, there were: The report bore out what Becerra and Gleason have found in their years on their respective police forces: Wrong-way crashes more often than not involve alcohol. Many, many people overlooked it. The red Ford minivan hurtled down the fast lane of the northbound Taconic State Parkway in Mount Pleasant but it wasn'tgoing north. Her husband was in a deep denial bcos he was desperate to protect her reputation. There does not need to be food in the stomach it could be in her small or large intestines. November 10, 2009 / 2:05 PM A final autopsy report shows Diane Schuler was drunk -- and there was no evidence of other medical conditions that explain the deadly crash. 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. Route 117, what is this? and yet she had orange juice. August 6, 2009 - Crash Mom's Husband: "I Would Marry Her Again Tomorrow", August 5, 2009 - Despicable! The NTSB report concluded that "driving while impaired by alcohol is the primary cause of wrong-way driving collisions.". 54,789 fatal crashes on divided highways; 1,566 wrong-way fatal crashes on divided highways. 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. 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. I just noticed the following on the autopsy report, last page additional blood work. However, at the same time that Diane was reporting heavy traffic, other motorists on the NY Thruway were reporting a different series of events. May they all Rest In Peace. The results of an autopsy conducted by a Westchester County medical examiner one day after the accident found that Schuler had not suffered a stroke, aneurysm, or heart attack. Leading up to the crash, it appeared as though Schuler was behaving normally. Her pain, her puking on the side of the road. 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. Toxicology Results. Though this seems viable, the results show that she smoked anywhere from 30-60 minutes before the crash. actually that is not true. 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. 1. . CI 125 mmol/L 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. 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. How much fat, protein, and fiber are in your meal. A cellphone screen would appear blurry and judgment and perception would be severely impaired. 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 . This is where I thought about a few common organisms found within the nose, throat and mouth, called Actinomyces and a fungi called Aspergillus. As mentioned by the source, Diane was driving a red 2003 Ford Windstar that belonged to her brother. 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 High levels of chloride may be a sign of:****** Dehydration*******. The last time it was only 84%. Now you may be putting it together. 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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. The Taconic wrong-way crash has been the subject of two books, true-crime podcasts and a 2011HBO documentary that drew its title from the chilling words of 8-year-old Emma Hance: "There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane," who had expressed concern about her aunt's condition in a cellphone call to her father shortly before the crash. On the way to West Babylon, New York, Schuler stopped at a McDonalds fast-food restaurant and a gas station in Liberty, New York. He doesn't remember what happened in the car. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Witnesses on the Taconic said she was driving "pin straight" at 70 mph in the fast lane, not swerving. so wha Others who have it their blood levels show super high amounts of alcohol when in fact they havent drank anything. All of these things could be the cause of her behavior. The patients body produces an unusually high amount of yeast in the gut. Eventually, despite the Schuler teams efforts, investigators ruled the crash a homicide after claiming the deaths were caused by negligent driving. Becerra estimates he has investigated "probably half a dozen" wrong-way head-on crashes in his 34 years on the job. A co-owner of the campground later said that Diane appeared sober when she departed. Cool, but Auto-Brewery Syndrome alone doesnt feel like the only thing at play here. The amount and timing of physical activity. Daniel also revealed that his wife smoked marijuana occasionally but never to excess and only for insomnia. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane: Directed by Liz Garbus. This would also contribute to the Auto-Brew theory. Second caller: The car is missing pieces. Meanwhile, her husband, Daniel Schuler, was in another vehicle. 2. By Monika. I think she snapped that morning and chugged that vodka and weed not because of pain, but because she emotionally snapped over something. "With everybody basically having a cellphone, if someone spots it they're going to call immediately and hopefully we can get there and get to the person and intercept them," he said. What caused Schuler to go on a major vodka binge with five children in the car, including her own son and daughter? Also, there was a bottle of Absolut Vodka found in the wreckage. display: none; They almost missed Bryan, as he was under his siblings and cousins. While at the gas station, she attempted to buy over-the-counter pain medication, but the store did not sell any. 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. It all depends how Much sugar Ive had in my system. I am thinking that unfortunately Diane might have been drinking after they left while driving, probably did this before with no issues. It seems to me, if she were a closet alcoholic, she wouldnt be vomiting because she would be use to being drunk. 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. 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. Several readers have commented on my original blog post "The Taconic Parkway Crash" about the possibility that Diane Schuler experienced a rare medical complication called 'Auto Brewery Syndrome' and that this condition may have led to her erratic behavior, elevated blood-alcohol level, and also account for her apparent lack of history of 'alcoholic behavior.' Sounds like an answered prayer! During this call, one of Schulers nieces reportedly told her father that Schuler was having trouble seeing and speaking clearly. I feel horrible for everyone affected by this horrendous accident. The Westchester County medical examiners office, which performed the autopsy, said that the degradation of the fluids over time was likely to result in lowered alcohol and THC readings; however, several toxicology experts said that the results should be similar to the previous test if the fluid samples had been properly stored. Most often, people are driving impaired late at night, sharing the road withfewer cars, he said. Bastardis car was also carrying his father Michael Bastardi, 81, and their friend Daniel Longo, 74. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses reelection bid, Fiery train crash in Greece kills dozens, many of them students. Diane Schuler, her daughter, and two of her nieces were likely killed instantly. Caller: Good God. Diane died from blunt force trauma. entering the blood vessels that supply the brain and causing a brain abscess. Thats when I tried to tie together the Auto-Brewery Syndrome and a blood infection. 2:50. Yeah, theres whole bunch of kids. He ultimately admitted that there had been drinking during the weekend, but that Diane had not had anything to drink during the day prior to the accident. I dont see the fit. 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. If Diane really hadnt had anything to drink (which I dont think she did; why would she drive with kids; why would she continue to drive; have you ever had a blood-alcohol content of 0.19%? But by the time he arrived at the scene, Schuler had left, and tragedy was on the horizon. Lawsuits claim it wrecked their teeth. 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. This is performed by accurately interpreting the clues left by the . 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. ******Not eating enough carbs for how much insulin you take 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 collision occurred after the troubled West Babylon resident drove south for 1.7 miles in the northbound lanes of the . I feel there is a level of alcoholism that most people dont experience. "Wrong-way collisions occur relatively infrequently, accounting for only about 3 percent of accidents on high-speed divided highways," the report's authors wrote. Well, whats yeast? In addition, maybe the marijuana in her system was from the night before to help her sleep. Ada Hart. In humans it can be found in almost any organ or system in our bodies. Diane's son survived the accident with several injuries and the passengers in the Tracker suffered minor injuries. Throughout the documentary, Daniel and Jay Schuler, Dianes sister-in-law, claim that Ruskin was not returning their phone calls for nine months. Schuler drove nearly twomiles in the wrong direction until, at 1:35 p.m., she hit aSUV driven by Guy Bastardi of Yonkers. On July 26, 2009, 36-year-old Diane Schuler drove the wrong way down the Taconic State Parkway in New York. "Exhuming her body is only going to prolong the pain of the families involved . The only survivor was 5-year-old Bryan Schuler, who sustained a severe brain injury. So much this! A toxicology report released on August 4 by Westchester County medical examiners found that Schuler had a blood-alcohol content of 0.19, with approximately six grams of alcohol in her stomach that had not yet been absorbed into her blood. 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 . The following investigation determined that Diane Schuler was heavily intoxicated during the time of the crash. The two passengers in the Tracker received only minor injuries. I may be totally wrong here but I strongly believe multiple factors (in addition to the above) culminated into the perfect storm which left 8 people dead and many families heartbroken. State police investigators spent weeks digging, and documents from the case file on the crash contain much of what they uncovered. Then Barbara told Larry King that they planned to exhume Diane's body for further testing. ******If you dont drink enough water with alcohol, you can become dehydrated quickly.********. 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, ? She was just nice, loving, kind, he says. This bacteria have been linked to abscess, both orally and in the brain. 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. A gas station employee from whom Diane Schuler had attempted to buy over-the-counter painkillers vigorously denied that she had been drunk. Caller: Theres an accident. I think they know about her personal life, and blame her for doing this on purpose. 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 also wondered about the weed she was using. She is seen claiming that she was told not to pick up and that she didnt understand any of it.. She was fine, but she did ask for Tylenol.. 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 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. normal range is 96 to 106 milliequivalents per liter (mEq/L) or 96 to 106 millimoles per liter (millimol/L). They lie and change their stories, depending on what they think people want to hear. Over the course of the investigation, Daniel Schuler eased up on his initial claims that his wife never drank during their camping weekend. Hold on. 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. I have to add this idea that her marijuana was tainted with some other drug like PCP. Fort Valley State University student Missing Where is Anitra Gunn? 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. Symptoms normally develop slowly but they can also come on very suddenly. It was no doubt that Dianne's minivan is the one that crashes severely with another vehicle. 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? Diane had multiple bone fractures, with lacerations in her internal organs. According to a lawsuit filed against Schuler's estate by the three girls' mother, against the estate of . Her stomach was empty. "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. Dont worry, Im not going into the detail about mycology on here, but the easy answer is that yeast is a fungus. Forensic investigator Michael Archer told WCBS, "We'll never know why she did this.
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