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Neighbors mixed as Taconic crash details released
Quick ReadLong Islanders struggle with news mother was drunk, high at time of fatal crash.
Photo credit: Newsday / Ana P. Gutierrez | Matthew Gatland, 39, a neighbor of Diane Schuler, talks about how surprised he was to learn of reports that Schuler had a high blood-alcohol level when her vehicle crashed July 26 on the Taconic State Parkway, killing herself and seven others. (Aug. 4, 2009)
Police: Wrong-way Crash Driver Was Drunk, High
Photos: Taconic Parkway crash kills 5 LIers
In Floral Park and West Babylon, last week's sadness over the wrong-way collision on the Taconic State Parkway that killed eight gave way to Tuesday's conflicted emotions.
Residents of the two communities Diane Schuler called home struggled as they absorbed the news that the 36-year-old mother of two had been drunk and high on marijuana when she crashed her minivan into an SUV in Briarcliff...
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