*****Acting strange or feeling confused. 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. Dont want to go out with a headache? Two hours later, Warren Hance would receive his daughters worried phone call. "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. Diane's son survived the accident with several injuries and the passengers in the Tracker suffered minor injuries. The family really needs to know about this because its more likely that Diane had this condition, called Auto Brewery Syndrome, than drinking 10 cups of alcohol before driving with children in the car. Potassium K 17.2 mmol/L Food is needed for ABS and Dianes stomach was empty. What caused Schuler to go on a major vodka binge with five children in the car, including her own son and daughter? They realized in the hospital that I stop breathing in my sleep so after a period of time my oxygen keeps dropping. It could of been overlooked. 2. Symptoms include: It specifically does NOT state alcohol. Brain abscesses are serious and can be treated if found early and if they occur more superficially in the brain. 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. In New York, the level for intoxicated driving is 0.08%. It seems to me, if she were a closet alcoholic, she wouldnt be vomiting because she would be use to being drunk. Schulers BAC was discovered to be .19, double the legal limit, and that she had smoked marijuana as early as 15 minutes before the accident. Within the next minute, four more 911 calls were placed by motorists who reported that a car was traveling the wrong way down the parkway. It was no doubt that Dianne's minivan is the one that crashes severely with another vehicle. Fugitive in $18 million COVID fraud scheme extradited to U.S. A blood alcohol test in ABS would have the exact same results as someone drinking large amounts of alcohol. Can you guess where Actinomycetes and Aspergillus have been found? I dont see the fit. I knew something was wrong with my ex I had him tested for celiac disease, I had him get an endoscopy, a colonoscopy. Schulers remaining niece and her 5-year-old son Bryan were taken to area hospitals, where her niece died later that day. The Journal News. 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. 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. There's a simple reason for that:"The vast majority of wrong-way collisions" are head-on, the NTSB noted. The impact killed the Bastardis and Longo, Schuler and her daughter, and all three Hance sisters. Daniel is still trying to prove there was a medical reason for her actions. "But they are much more likely to result in fatal and serious injuries than are other types of highway accidents.". 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. Having difficulty walking or seeing clearly. 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? 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. Jackie Hance with newborn daughter Kasey Rose (Today) Ruskin then informs her that his tests corroborated the previous tests; that Schuler was highly intoxicated from alcohol and marijuana. 2:50. 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. There does not need to be food in the stomach it could be in her small or large intestines. A skinnier person might have been passed out with that much alcohol in her system. display: block; A 2012 special investigation from the National Transportation Safety Board looked at wrong-way collisions. 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. Leading up to the crash, it appeared as though Schuler was behaving normally. So far, it seemed just as it was a typical New York family heading home after a camping trip. Why then would she stop for breakfast at McDonalds shortly after leaving? FOR SUBSCRIBERS: A TACONIC CRASH TIMELINE: Tracing Diane Schuler's final hours, HEADLIGHTS HEADING YOUR WAY: What to do when faced with a wrong-way driver. She was probably dehydrated and her stomach was empty, so she probably did not eat much and the symptoms of vomiting, confusion, acting strange, difficulty seeing clearly, and headache (assumed since she stopped for some tylenol or advil or something along those lines) started to impact her. Her family is in denial. 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. https://americanaddictioncenters.org/marijuana-rehab/what-can-marijuana-be-laced-with. Sorry people, but there is no getting around that. 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. Gleason said that several factors can reduce the number of fatalities in wrong-way incidents. The collision occurred after the troubled West Babylon resident drove south for 1.7 miles in the northbound lanes of the . the entire family is NUTS. She was just nice, loving, kind, he says. 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. With Jesse Temple, Brad Katinas, Diane Schuler, Jay Schuler. The bus was instantly engulfed in flames, ultimately resulting in the loss of 20 lives. August 6, 2009 - Crash Mom's Husband: "I Would Marry Her Again Tomorrow", August 5, 2009 - Despicable! Im not buying any other excuse. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. 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. 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. 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. The person can become very drunk very suddenly without any consumption of alcohol. 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. Maybe her marijuana was tainted with something that did something weird to her brain. Actually witnesses said she was switching lanes sporadically. The Taconic crash scene was unforgettable, he said. Why in the world would she keep driving being that sick with FIVE kids in the car? He drove our infant children 20 miles home from daycare every day. And if she was in that much pain, why the hell would she keep driving? There is a possibility that Diane was septic which can cause delusions and hallucinations. I completely agree. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane: Directed by Liz Garbus. Hold on. James and Michelle Butler: The Senseless Murder of 21-Year-Navy Veteran and Wife. Of course, increased potassium is very dangerous and our body responds by releasing insulin, because insulin helps to temporarily regulate potassium levels. Which could introduce fungi as well BUT there are a few notable examples of penicillin resistant bacteria. People do not think or act rationally when intoxicated so trying to rationalize her behavior leads to far fetched, unsubstantiated theories. The man was not actually drunk at all. I feel there is a level of alcoholism that most people dont experience. However, the only definite in all this is that 8 people lost their lives and that is extremely sad. I would like to suggest a possibility. Arthur Boyko of Troop K. The ages of the victims and the nature of the accident made it harder.. Was she really the reckless drunk, or the perfect suburban mother? 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. Schulers 5-year-old son, Bryan, was the sole survivor of the accident. Her own son, the only survivor, stated many times Mommys head hurt and she could not see. This is not being drunk. During this call, one of Schulers nieces reportedly told her father that Schuler was having trouble seeing and speaking clearly. 6. Maybe she and Danny had a fight before she left? She was drinking vodka. Another life-threatening consequence caused by untreated infections within the body could be meningitis. Warren Hance received a phone call. Her minivan collided with an SUV, resulting in the deaths of Schuler, her daughter, her three nieces, and three passengers in the other car. And then I flew out of the car like Superman. Also, there was a bottle of Absolut Vodka found in the wreckage. Diane Schuler's History-Making Crash. A broken, 1.75-liter bottle of Absolut vodka was also found in the wrecked minivan. I think they know about her personal life, and blame her for doing this on purpose. In marijuana. According to several eyewitnesses, a minivan was driving aggressively on the highway, tailgating, flashing their headlights, honking their horn, and straddling two lanes. in 75 years. I dont remember any of it and dont even remember getting into the car. first of all, the autopsy report states they checked several areas in her brain and found nothing out of the orinary. On July 26, 2009, 36-year-old Diane Schuler drove the wrong way down the Taconic State Parkway in New York. Why wouldnt she call Danny? Schuler, her two-year-old daughter and three nieces were killed in the crash along with the three men in the other vehicle. I hope her family reads this comment from Georgia Perry. She is seen claiming that she was told not to pick up and that she didnt understand any of it.. He recalls her as reliable, trustworthy, honest, and denies her victims families claims that she was a murderer.. They had honked their horns and flashed their lights. One theory I had was that perhaps an infection within her oral cavity, left untreated for so long, could have resulted in bacteria (or even fungus [yeast???]) 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. 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 . 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. Schuler was not alone in that van, driving back to Long Island. 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. 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