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Cops: Woman called brother before horrific fatal crash

Originally published: July 27, 2009 11:15 PM
Updated: July 28, 2009 12:26 AM
By JOHN RILEY. AND CARL MACGOWAN.  john.riley@newsday.com., carl.macgowan@newsday.com

Quick ReadEight people killed in Westchester wreck after a West Babylon woman entered a parkway in the wrong direction, crashing into two vehicles.

The minivan driven by Diane Schuler, 36, entered

Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | The minivan driven by Diane Schuler, 36, entered the Taconic State Parkway driving southbound on the northbound lanes. A crash resulted and eight people were killed. (July 27, 2009)

A West Babylon woman drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway for nearly two miles Sunday afternoon before a fatal crash that killed her, her toddler daughter and her three young nieces, authorities said Monday.

About two hours before the horrific accident, which also killed three people in a second car, Diane Schuler, 36, called her brother and "may have expressed to him she wasn't...

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