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Investigator says Schuler was sober at McDonald's

Quick ReadThomas Ruskin said Diane Schuler had lengthy conversation with McDonald's employees.

Diane and Daniel Schuler with their children Bryan,

Photo credit: Floral Park Police Department | Diane and Daniel Schuler with their children Bryan, 5, and Erin, 2. Bryan was the only survivor in a horrific car crash on Sunday, July 26, 2009. (Undated file photo)

An investigator for Diane Schuler family's Thursday cited new evidence that the wrong-way driver was sober the morning of the Taconic State Parkway crash: She made an upstate McDonald's employee cook one of her son's favorite foods, Chicken Selects, for breakfast.

When a cashier balked because Chicken Selects - chicken strips - is made only for lunch and dinner, Schuler, 36, of West Babylon,...

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