Katie Serena is a New York City-based writer and a staff writer at All That's Interesting. 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. Schulers van traveled south for 1.7 miles in the parkways northbound passing lane before colliding head-on, at approximately 1:35 PM, with a 2004 Chevrolet TrailBlazer, which then struck a 2002 Chevrolet Tracker. The man was not actually drunk at all. 3. Schuler then talked to Hance herself and said that she was disoriented and couldnt see clearly. Donate today. Which could introduce fungi as well BUT there are a few notable examples of penicillin resistant bacteria. 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. The Journal News. Im sorry that happened. Documents released Friday show that Schuler pulled over twice prior to the crash, where she was seen "bent over as if she was sick" at 11:45 a.m., and again 30 minutes later, outside the van, "like she's getting sick," WCBS reports. Which, in such a situation, I think is imperative! 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 Schuler was not alone in that van, driving back to Long Island. 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! I hope her family reads this comment from Georgia Perry. This bacteria have been linked to abscess, both orally and in the brain. 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.. Ive shared this info via msg on the Hance Family Foundations FB page several months ago. Daniel, announced that Diane Schuler's body would be exhumed at her family's request. The woman's 5-year-old son survived. that explain some of them. 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. 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. A broken, 1.75-liter bottle of Absolut vodka was also found in the wrecked minivan. ******Not eating enough carbs for how much insulin you take I hope they can get some kind of answers for this family. Along the route home, the minivan party participated in several road trip rituals; stopping at McDonalds and several gas stations. What caused Schuler to go on a major vodka binge with five children in the car, including her own son and daughter? Learn how your comment data is processed. The pain of the abscess, combined with vodka and marijuana, could have put her in a temporary state of deliriumthat triggered her fatal behavior. Second caller: Were on the Taconic going northbound by the Sleepy Hollow/Pleasantville exit Route 117. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane is a 2011 documentary television film directed by Liz Garbus about the 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash. 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. 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. Its also worth noting that if this were true then Diane Schuler is one rare unlucky woman. "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. Having seizures. Its a complete cop out to say she was drunk and high. I have to add this idea that her marijuana was tainted with some other drug like PCP. Dont worry, Im not going into the detail about mycology on here, but the easy answer is that yeast is a fungus. Where did she get it, and from whom? That doesnt sound like some kind of situation where the stomach is manufacturing the alcohol. One last thing, there are a thousand things that could happen to any one of us at any given moment that would give any one of us these very same symptoms and behaviors, and has happened to many; they have docuseries and many medical dramas (House, CSI franchises, Forensic Files,etc.) Witnesses on the Taconic said she was driving "pin straight" at 70 mph in the fast lane, not swerving. Diane Schuler, her daughter, and two of her nieces were likely killed instantly. Schulers family persisted in refusing to accept the test results. 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. The symptoms are very similar. These seem consistent with reports of Dianes behavior that day. After this look at the tragedy of Diane Schuler, check out the sinister google searches this mom made shortly before her autistic son was found dead. Chloride is a type of electrolyte. ****** 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. It wasn't until days later that the toxicology report's stunning results were known. 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. 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. He called for further investigation into other possible medical causes for her erratic driving. At about 1 PM, another call was made to Hance from Schulers cell phone. 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. It . On July 26, 2009 Diane Schuler killed herself and seven others when she drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway. Interesting theories, but the one thing that stands out to me is that she seemed DETERMINED to keep driving. Medical Examiners are not Gods, they overlook things, and they dont do everything on every autopsy. Today, Daniel Schuler continues to refute claims that his wife is anything short of the perfect woman. May they all Rest In Peace. He and his dad, Michael, and their family friend, Daniel Longo, were heading to Yorktown Heights for a family Sunday pasta dinner with family. Diane Schuler killed herself and 7 others that day. 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. Maybe she and Danny had a fight before she left? 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. She MURDERED those people!!!! "Exhuming her body is only going to prolong the pain of the families involved . Actually witnesses said she was switching lanes sporadically. Three men in the Chevrolet outrider, 81-year-old Michael Bastardi, his 49-year-old son Guy, and Diane's boyfriend, . "They want to know what happened that day," said forensic investigator Michael Archer. My ex husband died in June at the age of 43 from alcoholism (internal bleeding due to chronic ethanol abuse.) 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. and yet she had orange juice. In humans it can be found in almost any organ or system in our bodies. Pleasantville Road. Witnesses even stated that she was focused eyes dead ahead, speeding down that highway going the wrong way but staying in her lane. By Monika. She was drinking vodka. Ada Hart. "Wrong-way collisions occur relatively infrequently, accounting for only about 3 percent of accidents on high-speed divided highways," the report's authors wrote. I dont know what to think. I dont remember ANYTHING though. After discovering this and looking at the tissue samples, all the tissue samples were clean, just like with Dianes case. Trending News Auto Brewery is relatively rare, however is becoming increasingly more common, especially when factoring in gluten issues. He said 'Stay in the right lane because chances are if somebody is driving impaired the wrong way they're going to be coming at you in the leftlane because they think they're in the right lane because they don't know they're on the wrong side of the road.'". *******Headache, delirium, confusion. I just recently found out about the 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash that involved Diane Schuler, a 36-year-old woman who was driving southbound in the northbound lane for 1.7 miles before crashing Cause include *****dehydration*******. 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. The two occupants of the Tracker suffered only minor injuries. 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. The coroner probably never heard of the condition because its extremely rare. Fort Valley State University student Missing Where is Anitra Gunn? I really hope her family gets answers someday. Around 11 AM, however, the trouble started. 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 . 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 . Here's a timeline of key moments in the horrific Taconic wrong-way tragedy on July 26, 2009, when Long Island mom Diane Schuler drove drunk and high southbound on the northbound . 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. It seems to contradict the tox report. She very well could of suffered from this Syndrome and not known it. Signs of dehydration include: I think she decided that day to carry out an action shed been contemplating for a while. Daniel Schuler and Barbara publicly attributed Diane Schulers erratic driving to a medical issue, such as a stroke. If she did have diabetes then this is what it was and I know this for a fact. Diane Schuler's History-Making Crash. There is a condition called Auto Brewery Syndrome that is rare, but real. A crash like that shines a spotlight on all future wrong-way crashes and arrests, the investigator said. He was ruled to be drunk. Becerra estimates he has investigated "probably half a dozen" wrong-way head-on crashes in his 34 years on the job. The end of the exit ramp is marked with two signs that read Do Not Enter and two signs that read One Way. A couple of comments on theories. Marijuana can be tainted with all kinds of things. 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. No matter how many times I brought up his weird symptoms, he never cracked and revealed the cause. But there is a reason and we'll never know what that reason is. Brian Schuler was the only survivor of the crash. Schuler, her two-year-old daughter and three nieces were killed in the crash along with the three men in the other vehicle. In addition, Auto Brewery Syndrome can cause severe bouts of vomiting, and she was seen on the side of the road in that condition. This! August 7, 2009 - Crash Mom's Husband: Killer or Victim: Who Was Wrong-Way Crash Mom? Ten years later, nothing has happened to change that distinction. Ofcourse I understand that her actions leading up to this tragedy didnt alert or worry anyone, it still seems a bit overwhelming to have her driving 5 kids (3 of which were not hers) alone with no adult support. A motorist later found Schulers cell phone by the side of the road near the toll lanes of the Tappan Zee Bridge. I am thinking that unfortunately Diane might have been drinking after they left while driving, probably did this before with no issues. 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. A skinnier person might have been passed out with that much alcohol in her system. 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.' 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. .component--type-recirculation .item:nth-child(5) { 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 Schuler, of Long Island, was heading south on the northbound Taconic State Parkway in . } He was a secret drinker and reminds me a lot of Diane, just from what Ive read from the article. 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 . t did the autopsy say about the condition of her teeth?? 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. Diane was the first pulled out of the car. Metabolic acidosis, a condition in which you have too much acid in your blood. Please, please relay this information to the family if you know them. display: none; Sometimes I can have only two sips of something and I feel dizzy already. He recalls her as reliable, trustworthy, honest, and denies her victims families claims that she was a murderer.. 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. Of course, increased potassium is very dangerous and our body responds by releasing insulin, because insulin helps to temporarily regulate potassium levels. According to a lawsuit filed against Schuler's estate by the three girls' mother, against the estate of . The exit ramp itself is unmarked. There's a simple reason for that:"The vast majority of wrong-way collisions" are head-on, the NTSB noted. 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. Not out of the question, of course, but feels like a leap of logic. July 26 marks the 13th anniversary of the deadliest crash on a Westchester roadway in over 75 years. She told him that they were being delayed by traffic. Dont want to go out with a headache? 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. 911 operator: Sleepy Hollow, Pleasantville? 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