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Officials: Schuler was driving drunk and stoned

Originally published: August 4, 2009 9:20 PM
Updated: August 4, 2009 10:52 PM
By MICHAEL AMON, ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO, CHAU LAM, CARL MACGOWAN AND KARLA SCHUSTER AND ARIELLE BRECHISCI lidesk@newsday.com

Diane Schuler

Photo credit: Handout | Diane Schuler, 36, second from left, and her daughter Erin, 2, (held by her father, Daniel Schuler) died in a crash on the Taconic State Parkway on Sunday, July 26, 2009 that killed eight people. The Schulers' son, Bryan, 5, was the only survivor of the fatal crash that police said was caused by a drunk and high Diane Schuler.

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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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