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Schuler attorney: Taconic driver had 3 medical ailments
Photo credit: AP | Daniel Schuler, left, arrives at the offices of attorney Dominic Barbara, right, in Garden City, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. Schuler's wife Diane was drunk and high on marijuana when she drove the wrong way for almost two miles on a highway before smashing head-on into an SUV, killing herself and seven others, a prosecutor said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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An attorney for Diane Schuler's family Thursday said she had three medical ailments that could explain the wrong-way collision last week that killed her and seven others - even though her husband had repeatedly told police his wife had no health issues.
At a Garden City news conference with his lawyer, Schuler's husband, Daniel, tearfully maintained his wife "was not an alcoholic" and was...
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