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Officials: Schuler was driving drunk and stoned

Diane Schuler was drunk and had consumed marijuana not long before driving a minivan with five children the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway, authorities said Tuesday, a stunning revelation that helps explain the collision that killed her and seven others.

Citing blood work results, authorities said the West Babylon mother had a blood-alcohol content of 0.19, more than twice the legal...

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