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Lawyer: Schuler stance on crash angers victims' kin

Warren Hance, left, and Jackie Hance leave a

Photo credit: Photo by Audrey C. Tiernan | Warren Hance, left, and Jackie Hance leave a funeral Mass for their three girls who died in a crash on the Taconic State Parkway. (July 30, 2009)

Two families that lost multiple loved ones in the Taconic State Parkway crash that killed eight this past month have been angered by efforts to deflect attention away from the drinking and drug use of the at-fault driver, an attorney for one of the families said Wednesday.

Authorities have said Diane Schuler, 36, of West Babylon, was drunk and high on July 26 when she drove the wrong way on...

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