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The Long Island mother was driving home from a camping trip when she got on the Taconic and drove nearly two miles in the wrong direction before plowing head-on into an SUV. display: none; In an unconscious state she realized they were going to know she was drunk and high and Diane was the perfect wife and mother and that was never going to happen. Many of the symptoms are similar to those of a person who has been extremely drunk: dizziness, erratic behavior, slurred speech, irritable bowel syndrome, belching, and chronic fatigue. I do not have a medical license and dont claim to but I have been in the medical field my entire career. The Trailblazer would then struck a 2002 Chevrolet Tracker. This documentary explores the depth behind the case of a woman whose vehicle collision killed numerous people, including herself. They were required to include Hance in the suit as he was the owner of the van. [28], Ruskin told reporters in early September that he had interviewed Diane's relatives, none of whom had ever seen her intoxicated by alcohol. The two occupants of the Tracker suffered only minor injuries. I would like to suggest a possibility. Dianes sister-in-law, however, stated that Diane was a heavy smoker of marijuana. Diane's son survived the accident with several injuries and the passengers in the Tracker suffered minor injuries. August 6, 2009 - Crash Mom's Husband: "I Would Marry Her Again Tomorrow", August 5, 2009 - Despicable! Unbearable tragedy: Jackie Hance lost her daughters Alyson, seven (left), Kate, five and Emma, eight in a horrific car crash. With Jesse Temple, Brad Katinas, Diane Schuler, Jay Schuler. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane: Directed by Liz Garbus. A final autopsy report shows Diane Schuler was drunk -- and there was no evidence of other medical conditions that explain the deadly crash. At 11:37am, Schuler called Hance to tell him that she and the children were caught in traffic. [36], Daniel's persistence in disputing his wife's intoxication and drug use was condemned by relatives of the three Trail Blazer victims. Something probably happened at the camping trip that made her reconsider the entire marriage with Danny - rather than go through a divorce, "lose control" of her marriage and kids, have her children experience a traumatic separation as she did, and leave her kids to an incapable/uninterested father, she decided to remain "in control" and put the kids and herself out of this misery. Constipation, belching, chronic fatigue syndrome, dizziness, loss of coordination, disorientation, veisalgia, and irritable bowel syndrome are just a few of the side effects of this medication. Schuler's family, including her husband, Daniel Schuler, blamed her bizarre behavior . She had to control her environment % in order to feel calm. Weschester officials confirmed a hair follicle test hadn't been conducted, and one said that such tests typically weren't used in accident investigations. CSRL & CDG cartel Hang Woman From Bridge With Message Written on Her Body. Diane Schuler: Wrong Way Taconic Crash. This seems highly unlikely to me. If you have an auto brewery syndrome, your blood alcohol level is 3-4 times higher than normal, resulting in serious lifestyle issues. She was drunk driving. According to the New York Post, Daniel Rother, Dianes husband, is suing the state and Warren Hance, Dianes brother, claiming that they were responsible for the crash that killed eight people. Then Barbara told Larry King that they planned to exhume Diane's body for further testing. [25][26], Daniel and his attorney, Barbara, believed that Schuler was driving erratically due to a sudden medical emergency, such as a stroke. Privacy Policy. 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. The backseat was occupied by two young children, one aged seven and the other five. Done deal. Between her personality, mother having abandoned her at young age, she became mother at very young age and husband that perhaps wasnt always useful. She jumps back in the van, leaving her phone on the side of the road, and takes off, completely incapacitated and out of control. She said that her daughters suffered terror, fear of impending death, extreme horror, fright, and mental anguish in the lead-up to their deaths. The children were not in seat belts or car seats at the time of the collision. 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. subscribers . Performance & security by Cloudflare. However, it is generally believed that this condition may be more likely to occur in individuals who have a history of gastrointestinal problems, such as Crohns disease or celiac disease. If she was in pain , drank to full it, then spoke to her brother and thought she wasnt going to be driving , smoking would have been ok for her to do because she wasnt going to be high and drive. According to the campground co-owner, the gas station employee at the Sunoco, and the employees at the McDonalds, Diana appeared sober, which covers the 9:30am and 11am timeline. Daniel Schuler won custody of the children just three days after Dianes death on October 25, 2002, a Suffolk County judge determined. [39], In June 2010, following eleven months of analysis, the New York State Police issued its final report on the crash. Lawyers for the family of two of the Yonkers men killed in the crash dismiss Ruskin's interpretation of the autopsy results as a plus in the Schuler's column. Blunt force trauma is the initial trauma (the immediate impact from the collision) from which develops more specific types such as bruises, abrasions, lacerations and/or bone fractures. Diane Schuler Police Report - 2009 Taconic State Parkway Accident Created Date: 12/26/2009 12:44:12 PM . Toxicology tests conducted by the medical examiner revealed that Schuler was heavily intoxicated with both alcohol and marijuana at the time of the crash. [25] In July 2010, it was reported that Daniel had accepted a $100,000 offer from a film company, Moxie Firecracker Films, to record his wife's exhumation for an HBO documentary. Maybe if he knows what happened that morning, if they argued or anything, that would be the truth. Following the premiere of the HBO documentary. When gut fungi ferment carbohydrates they produce ethanol, resulting in an auto-brewery syndrome. This money was, reportedly, to be placed in trust for Bryan. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. GoreGirl89 Mortician&F.D. Her issues with her mother and brothers had never even been discussed much less resolved. Alex Murdaugh found guilty of murders of wife and son The Journal News. Diane Schuler and her two children, three nieces, and three of her children left a New York campground on July 26 in her van. If left untreated, severe alcohol abuse may result in patients consuming more than four times the legal limit, equivalent to ten drinks. Makes no sense. Adults with Crohns disease have a greater risk of developing this problem. The investigation of the collision drew nationwide attention, as Schuler's husband Daniel strongly disagreed with the conclusion that she was heavily intoxicated at the time of the crash. [21] The results of an autopsy on the day following the crash, conducted by a Westchester County medical examiner, found that Diane had not suffered a stroke, an aneurysm, or a heart attack. Until she showed signs of intoxication after being denied alcohol, a 13-year-old girl with ABS was thought to have adolescent behavior disorder. ", "ME: Schuler retests will show lower alcohol content. She leaves her phone on the barrier on the side of the road. Diane had multiple bone fractures, with lacerations in her internal organs. Following the premiere of the HBO documentary Theres Something Wrong with Aunt Diane, Daniel Schuler filed a lawsuit against the state of New York for not keeping the road safe and against Warren Hance as he owned the minivan that Diane was driving. A devastating multi-car crash from 2009 gets some clarity with a fresh look at psychological profiling and behavioral analysis. Surveillance video lacking audio, recorded at the Sunoco, shows Schuler arriving at and leaving the station, and going inside the gas station store. I think we all know of someone in our lives or social circles who are or have been alcoholics who have a propensity to drive drunk. By Fiona Roberts. By Monika. That eye is closed and the mouth is down on that same side. Given Dianes familys history of drinking, we can assume they knew she was on a drinking binge before the crash. 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. She smokes. Daniel, announced that Diane Schuler's body would be exhumed at her family's request. ABS does not pose a threat to life, but it can cause significant side effects for those who have it. No Tylenol at the gas station, already running behind and worried, hence the call to her brother, so she starts sipping. Her family wants to know what happened to her mother so they can find out what happened to her. 185.111.106.78 [31] Daniel and Barbara announced plans to exhume Diane's body in order to perform the hair test and other examinations; other experts said that this test was unlikely to produce any new information, as tests from two separate labs had come to identical conclusions. An autopsy report concludes that there were no heart problems or brain issues in the deceased. At 9:30am on July 26, 2009, Diane Schuler loaded up her two children (ages five and two) along with her brothers, Warren Hance, three daughters (ages eight, seven, and five) into her brothers red 2003 Ford Windstar and left the Hunter Lake Campground to start the journey to West Babylon, New York. 6. Its all so mysterious! 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. The men tried to pull the girls out of the van and noted that they had no pulse. She told Hance that Schuler was having trouble speaking clearly and seeing the road. Really sad and the denial in the family is even sadder. Daniel denied that she drank to excess or smoked marijuana except on occasion to relieve insomnia. Was there a lot of pain she experienced? In July 2011, Jackie Hance, who lost her three daughters in the crash, filed suit against Daniel, her brother-in-law. "The lengths these people are taking to deny reality are just astounding and painful to my clients," Irving Anolik, attorney for the Bastardis, told the News. Crash Mom Was Trashed [40], According to a Westchester County medical examiner, the crash was ruled a homicide soon after it occurred because the victims were killed due to Diane Schuler's negligent driving, regardless of toxicology findings. I just wish that he would just admit that she was drunk. Schuler's severely injured third niece and her 5-year-old son Bryan were taken to area hospitals, where the niece died later that day. Andrew Cunanan went across the country on a killing . So then what to do? [43] The Bastardi family said that if DiFiore did not convene a grand jury, they would seek support in the matter from the state attorney general and the governor. In 2001, Dr. Elizabeth Hartney, BSc, MSc, MA, PhD, a psychologist, professor, and director of the Centre for Health Leadership and Research at Royal Roads University in Canada, described auto-brewery syndrome in a child with short gut syndrome. It is a medical condition in which the stomach produces an abnormally high amount of ethanol after eating a meal high in carbohydrates. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment More posts from r/CrimeScene. 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The police receive a report about 11 fatalities at the scene. I think Diane was in a lot of pain with the abscess and was using the vodka to swish and numb the pain. I totally agree with Mary, the big question is why? In essence, accident reconstruction is a branch of causation forensics that involves knowing how and why an accident happened. For more information, please see our 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. He was a child , not a husband. Traces of THC in her body suggested that she had smoked marijuana as recently as 15 minutes before the crash. Schuler was reportedly going between 75-85 mph at this time. [37] In October 2009, Ruskin, on The Oprah Winfrey Show, stated that, out of respect for the Bastardi family, Daniel had been avoiding media appearances since Larry King Live. Toxicology reports showed that Schuler had a blood alcohol level of 0.19, nearly twice the legal limit, and also had traces of marijuana in her system. Tim Ruskin, an investigator hired by Daniel Schuler, found people who observed Diane carrying on an extended conversation while ordering food. The autopsy report rules out a heart condition or problems with Schuler's brain, such as an aneurysm or stroke. Daniel Schuler, along with his attorney Dominic Barbara, initially denied that Diane did drugs or was drinking at the lake that weekend as they had the children with them. There was a lot of contention around Dianes drug and alcohol use. Its also known as Leandras Law. Some aspects of Diane Schuler's story may remain a . "The scientific evidence indicated that Diane Schuler was intoxicated at the time of the crash," the statement read. The auto-brewery syndrome has gained a lot of attention in recent years as a result of news reports and case studies. Archer, who works for the family of victim Daniel Longo, said the documents confirm much of what Schuler's husband Daniel refuses to discuss: his wife Diane was a pothead. Diane Schulers death is still a mystery to this day. "Every time he does it, he brings it back for us. }, First published on November 10, 2009 / 2:05 PM. But there is a reason and we'll never know what that reason is. Diane Schuler was able to do so. Heres everything to know about the lead-up to the tragic event and the questions that still plague many to this day. Drunkenness was evident: a blood alcohol content of 0.19 with 6 grams of marijuana in the system, which was quite high. After watching, I poked around Reddit and was shocked to see that the general consensus seems to be that she over-medicated and went into an incoherent state leading to the crash. The only way she could cope was by being perfect . He also reported a high level of THC , the active ingredient of marijuana. C'mon. 00:40:29 - Original Air Date: 10/27/2009 The headlines gripped the nation: A head-on crash killed eight, including the mom driver who was under the influence. 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. In June 2010, New York State Police released their final report of the incident, which confirmed that Diane Schuler was highly intoxicated by alcohol and marijuana at the time of the collision. Click to reveal Jackie Hance lived an inimaginable nightmare on July 26, 2009, when her three daughters, Emma, 8, Alyson, 7, and Katie, 5, were tragically killed by her sister-in-law Diane Schuler.
