.component--type-recirculation .item:nth-child(5) { Which, in such a situation, I think is imperative! Thats when I tried to tie together the Auto-Brewery Syndrome and a blood infection. I was about to suggest the same thing. 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. Lets continue with the theory where she really did not consume any alcohol. At about 1 PM, another call was made to Hance from Schulers cell phone. Jackie Hance has filed for unspecified damages from the estate of Diane Schuler, after her three daughters died in a horrific crash when she barrelled in the wrong direction down the Taconic . Because she was ready to die and didnt care who she took with her. A gas station employee from whom Diane Schuler had attempted to buy over-the-counter painkillers vigorously denied that she had been drunk. A final autopsy report shows Diane Schuler was drunk -- and there was no evidence of other medical conditions that explain the deadly crash. The way she drove no swerving, eyes on the road, ignoring all attempts to alert her suggest you are correct sunkissed. 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. The following investigation determined that Diane Schuler was heavily intoxicated during the time of the crash. Symptoms include ******nausea and vomitting******* 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 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. 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. 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. Meningitis and brain abscesses can both result from bacterial and fungal infections. An astonishing sequence of pictures of the final minutes of Princess Diana's life have emerged as the long-awaited inquest into her death finally opened today. For some reason, both times, I called my son and he talked me into pulling over. And he never got his son any kind of counseling. The red Ford minivan hurtled down the fast lane of the northbound Taconic State Parkway in Mount Pleasant but it wasn't going north. *********, Alcohol is a diuretic. display: block; At about 1 PM, another call was made to Hance from Schulers cell phone. 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. During this call, one of Schulers nieces reportedly told her father that Schuler was having trouble seeing and speaking clearly. I really think something else happened to her now. 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 . 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. 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. For 1.7 miles, it erratically sped south down the northbound lanes of the Taconic State Parkway before colliding head-on with a Chevrolet Trailblazer which subsequently collided with a Chevrolet Tracker at 1:35 p.m. *******Headache, delirium, confusion. 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. Brain abscesses are serious and can be treated if found early and if they occur more superficially in the brain. Daniel also revealed that his wife smoked marijuana occasionally but never to excess and only for insomnia. This time it all hit her at once and well we know what happens then. There were no masses, fibrosis, hemorrhages, legions, no fatty changes, inflammation, necrosis or tumor; Liver unremarkable, kidneys normal, pancreas unremarkable. By Monika. A couple of comments on theories. 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. Not out of the question, of course, but feels like a leap of logic. Frantic drivers flooded 911 dispatchers with reports of a red minivan heading the wrong way down the parkway. The police receive a report about 11 fatalities at the scene. I just noticed the following on the autopsy report, last page additional blood work. They realized in the hospital that I stop breathing in my sleep so after a period of time my oxygen keeps dropping. How much fat, protein, and fiber are in your meal. The autopsy also revealed that Schuler was impaired by marijuana, DiFiore said. Daniel Schuler intended to re-test the fluid samples taken during the autopsy. The Cablevision executiveandPTA mom, who by all appearances lived a happy life, had a lot in her system that day: the equivalent of 10 drinks, and marijuana that the coroner said had been smoked within an hour of her death. 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. Timing of when you take your insulin. I really dont know. Um yeah there are. After Diane Schuler calls her brother,slurring her speech, calling him her husbands name (Danny), even though intoxicated, she knows if she gets pulled over shes going to jail for DUI, plus child endangerment. He was drinking behind my back for years and years, Im convinced of it. The person can become very drunk very suddenly without any consumption of alcohol. Sadly her in-laws, who lost their three beautiful daughters, refused to speak afterwards. 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. Ada Hart. Brian Schuler was the only survivor of the crash. I dont remember ANYTHING though. Where was she and what was she doing between 1030a and 1130A? The woman's 5-year-old son survived. No matter how many times I brought up his weird symptoms, he never cracked and revealed the cause. 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. 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. Nope. 2:50. Has anyone ever considered that may have happened to Diane Schuler. Um, honestly. Do you know if anyone has contacted Dianes family to relay this information to them? Ten years later, nothing has happened to change that distinction. Urgent: if anyone knows the family of Diane Schuler, they need to let them know theres a very rare liver condition that can be triggered by an infection (Diane had a possible tooth infection!) The Taconic crash scene was unforgettable, he said. Her minivan collided with an SUV, resulting in the deaths of Schuler, her daughter, her three nieces, and three passengers in the other car. Eventually, despite the Schuler teams efforts, investigators ruled the crash a homicide after claiming the deaths were caused by negligent driving. I feel there is a level of alcoholism that most people dont experience. Also, there was a bottle of Absolut Vodka found in the wreckage. I really hope her family gets answers someday. CI 125 mmol/L Electrolytes are electrically charged minerals that help control the amount of fluids and the balance of acids and bases (pH balance) in your body. Ive seen people drunk enough they had a headache and blurred vision. The Journal News. Schuler, a36-year-old Long Island mother of two, was at the wheel, drunk and high, headed south at 70 mph in the northbound lane. and yet she had orange juice. Her own son, the only survivor, stated many times Mommys head hurt and she could not see. This is not being drunk. Schuler had begun her day with seemingly good intentions. The report also said that she had high levels of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, in her system and had smoked marijuana as recently as 15 minutes prior to the collision. Volunteer fire chief Joseph LaGrippo, one of the first at the scene of the horrific Taconic crash. Diane Schuler, a 36-year-old . That has been a widely discussed theory since it happened. Diane Schuler was driving back from a weekend at a Sullivan County campground. 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. Susan Watts/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesDaniel Schuler, Diane Schulers husband, outside attorney Dominic Barbaras office in Garden City. Schuler drove nearly twomiles in the wrong direction until, at 1:35 p.m., she hit aSUV driven by Guy Bastardi of Yonkers. The Hunter Lake campground co-owner, who was also a friend of the Schulers, spoke with Diane before she departed and claimed that she appeared sober. 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. They dont even know whats going on with themselves. Even if she had all the medical conditions people are speculating she had, which ultimately caused the high BAC level etc. normal range is 96 to 106 milliequivalents per liter (mEq/L) or 96 to 106 millimoles per liter (millimol/L). When she was unable to find any, she self medicated with drugs and alcohol. 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. Schuler then talked to Hance herself and said that she was disoriented and couldnt see clearly. It . ******* I left him in September 2018 and he lived with relatives or in hotels from December 2018 until his death. Pennsylvania police seized gloves, flashlight from home of Idaho murders suspect These are all well thought out theories and I appreciated reading them as potential reasoning as to how this could have happened. In New York, the level for intoxicated driving is 0.08%. This would explain why she was looking for pain medication at a gas station. / CBS News. 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. 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. It popped up on HBO and now I wish I hadnt seen it because it was so haunting. Barbara has also mentioned an abscess that had persisted in her mouth for seven weeks before her death and a lump in her leg, about which he said could have been a pulmonary embolism. Unfortunately, the niece would not. The pain of the abscess, combined with vodka and marijuana, could have put her in a temporary state of deliriumthat triggered her fatal behavior. Witnesses even stated that she was focused eyes dead ahead, speeding down that highway going the wrong way but staying in her lane. He was in a hotel for two days before his body was discovered and the fluid they check was .463 for alcohol. ", 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! 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. So much this! They almost missed Bryan, as he was under his siblings and cousins. 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. Diane Schuler killed herself and 7 others that day. that explain some of them. I hope her family reads this comment from Georgia Perry. Interesting theories, but the one thing that stands out to me is that she seemed DETERMINED to keep driving. 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. The red Ford minivan hurtled down the fast lane of the northbound Taconic State Parkway in Mount Pleasant but it wasn'tgoing north. 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. Jackie Hance, sister-in-law of Diane Schuler, is shown in photo with two of her three daughters who were killed in crash Sunday when Schuler entered Taconic Parkway and drove the wrong way. These seem consistent with reports of Dianes behavior that day. Fort Valley State University student Missing Where is Anitra Gunn? If she were, shed be relatively unaffected by the vodka she drank. ****** Diane Schuler her two children and three nieces did not get any chance to survive the crash. Cause include *****dehydration*******. Most often, people are driving impaired late at night, sharing the road withfewer cars, he said. The end of the exit ramp is marked with two signs that read Do Not Enter and two signs that read One Way. September 27, 2022. 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. Diane Schuler was a 36-year-old woman from New York. 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. ****Drinking alcohol. On July 26, 2009 Diane Schuler killed herself and seven others when she drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway. I just watched the HBO documentary Somethings Wrong With Aunt Diane and this was first thought as well! The patients body produces an unusually high amount of yeast in the gut. 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. Four children and four adults were killed in the wrong-way crash; Diane Schuler%27s blood-alcohol level was double the legal limit; The Schuler family has denied she was drunk and high "The scientific evidence indicated that Diane Schuler was intoxicated at the time of the crash," the statement read. Schulers remaining niece and her 5-year-old son Bryan were taken to area hospitals, where her niece died later that day. In the past 11 months, there have been at least a half-dozen wrong-way incidents on local roadways with no fatalities. Id like to talk to family members. She bought cards for birthdays. With Jesse Temple, Brad Katinas, Diane Schuler, Jay Schuler. A motorist later found Schulers cell phone by the side of the road near the toll lanes of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Then it was thought that Schuler may have had an abscessed tooth, as shed been seen rubbing her cheek although she hadnt complained of pain. 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. Youtube Diane Schuler and her husband Daniel on their wedding day. They also found a bottle of vodka at the crash which matched the conclusion that she drank1.7 liters of vodka. I think they know about her personal life, and blame her for doing this on purpose. I thought it might be early-onset Parkinsons or severe anxiety or, yes, that auto-brewers thing. Actinomycese is a rare but aggressive invasive bacteria that causes a disease called Actinomycosis. The man was not actually drunk at all. 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. 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? None of her friends or family members believe shed knowingly put any children in danger. Though this seems viable, the results show that she smoked anywhere from 30-60 minutes before the crash. . 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! A person not used to drinking daily would not have the ability to drink the amount Diane had in her system when she died. 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