Diane Schuler, a 36-year-old Long Island mother of two, was at the wheel, drunk and high, headed south at 70 mph. I was surprised to learn that Diane has taken all of her nieces camping with just her, her husband, and her kidsthe parents of the girls did not go with them. This contrasts with the aftermath of her actions. The story of Diane Schuler and the horrifying collision she caused is a series of mysteries that probably cant be solved but that could, from some angles, be seen as fairly easy to explain. And she tried to hide all this anger by smoking pot and drinking in secret. If you drink and smoke weed WHILE driving in the morning, you aren't just a heavy drinker or a functional alcoholic- you REALLY can't cope without substances if you take that big of a risk. He also is the attorney in one of the Court of Claims cases. If made me sick how the clod husband and the idiot sister in law tried to make it seem like she drank and smokde pot because she was out of her head due to a stroke, or a heart attack, or a seizure, or diabetes, or a cyst on her leg, or a tooth abscess, a a headache. HBO's 'There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane' Documentary examines fatal crash by wrong-way driver on N.Y. highway. [R21] sounds like he/she was right in the car! But she packages it well in a film thats like a more meticulous and dignified version of one of those network television prime-time crime compendiums a 48 Hours Mystery with more heart and brain. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000281.htm. [quote] Her husband, brother and sister-in-law all know she's impaired but figure it's something she always does so she'll manage. I wouldn't be surprised if Danny and her got into some fight, he said something he regretted, and likely feels some responsibility for what happened, but is afraid of criminal/legal/financial repercussions. If you believe this was accidental, there are two scenarios: 1) shes a raging alcoholic, in which case .19 doesnt get her to this state, or 2) she isnt an alcoholic, but decided on this day to get hammered and high with 7 kids in the car? You don't have enough exposure. I think R21 nailed it. This documentary explores the depth behind the case of a woman whose vehicle collision killed numerous people, including herself. This is apparently why she took the girls with her. I didn't much care for the documentary. You may begin feeling tired because the depressant qualities of alcohol begin to take effect. I would have IMMEDIATELY called the cops. In subsequent calls, it was clear that something was terribly wrong. .14 - .19 The "good feelings" of euphoria begin to give way to some negative feelings such as anxiety and restlessness. I'm going to go Google this case now because I want more info on the phone call with the brother. Directors Liz Garbus Genres Documentary Subtitles None available This video is currently unavailable to watch in your location Also, did any of her coworkers come forward to say what she was like to work with and if she showed any signs of problem drinking (calling out often, making up excuses to stay home, etc)? Copyright Fandango. And then ignored her children's screams of terrors and pleas to pull over as traffic was coming head on. July 24, 2011. I want to clear her name, he said. It happens much more than you think, usually without injury or fatalities. Also: the alleged drinking buddy in the article says that Dianes favorite drink was a screwdriver and that she had a super high tolerance foryou guessed it.vodka! By creating an account, you agree to the If she secretly was THAT big of a drinker a BAL of 190 is not that high. She then got some orange juice so she mix more vodka into it and drink it without the kids seeing it. Jackie Hance had another baby to replace the three girls she lost. The child calls her parents and is crying because Diane is screaming at the kids to shut the hell up. Or maybe not in secret; it wouldn't have been hard to hide her alcoholism from that clueless family. Her alcoholism makes more sense. That's always seemed obvious to me r79, she was clearly an undercover alchie. I just don't understand how people can think someone goes from driving perfectly fine, using a cell phone totally fine, being "coherent" by all account witnesses, and having experience with heavy drinking, to "she drank herself to the point that she didn't realize she was driving the wrong-way for 2 miles without swerving.". The HBO documentary There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane tracked Daniel's journey to clear his wife's name. Anyway, the way they were trying to absolve her of responsibility for killing eight people was sickening. Schuler's family, including her husband, Daniel Schuler, blamed her bizarre behavior on an undefined medical condition. She decided she'd have a few belts and a few smokes; no doubt she'd done something like this before and thought she could handle it., that is, driving while intoxicated. Worth the watch. Not one person who has a cousin who is married to someone who used to work with diane schuler? It seemed to want to find a medical reason to account for Diana Schuler's abominable behavior. Hello. There's something wrong with Ginny in billing. Like most rest areas it is laid out to be as obviously one-way as possible but he still managed to get back on the highway the wrong way. He's currently serving a prison sentence if I remember right. To me, this is all pretty cut and dry - she had been unhappy/depressed in her life for quite some time - raising kids with a deadbeat husband after having her own mother walk out at an early age. And it was entirely her own fault. Something probably happened at the camping trip that made her reconsider the entire marriage with Danny - rather than go through a divorce, "lose control" of her marriage and kids, have her children experience a traumatic separation as she did, and leave her kids to an incapable/uninterested father, she decided to remain "in control" and put the kids and herself out of this misery. Therefore, it doesn't surprise me that Diane never forgave her mother for making her a surrogate mother. She overdid it and.the rest is history. (If you are a man, you will have difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection.) Ms. Garbus offered to move forward the fitful investigation that Mr. Schuler and Jay Schuler have sponsored in their effort to vindicate Diane, or at least to explain her behavior. TOP CRITIC. (Not making sure his 2 year old daughter had a car seat?). The settlement included claims by the estates of the three Yonkers men in the other car who died: Guy Bastardi, 49; his father, Michael Bastardi, 81; and their friend, Daniel Longo, 74. I would like to remain anonymous. If we accept the case that she is an alcoholic (I think the alcoholism is moot at this point), then you're trying to tell me that a seasoned alcoholic who has presumably been drinking heavily for years, gets this messed up after some vodka and weed? The film follows Dianes husband and sister-in-law, who have been trying to clear Dianes name ever since her death. Witnesses state her expression was serene and oblivious - as if she was completely unaware she was going the wrong way. Like she decided she and those kids were going to die that day AND THEN started boozing heavily and smoking. "The terms of the settlement are confidential and the court records are sealed," attorney Kevin Grennan, of Garden City, said Wednesday. Theres Something Wrong With Aunt Diane reveals a complex and complicated case as opposed to one solved by simple or reductive analysis. Sam Adams Time Out Chicago. 59%. Were the campers near them during the weekend ever interviewed to see if there was something that occurred to set her off? But did she leave it there on purpose, or was she so fucked up she set it down and forgot it? I don't think there's any disputing the outcome here but regardless it's a crazy story and a reasonably well done documentary/movie. God rest her soul. The decision to leave the phone on the side of the road after the kids alerted one of the relatives to there being something wrong, and then the 2 mile straight, unswerving drive down the wrong side of the highway. I'm a parent, and can understand how a person could drive in that condition. An exploration of the mystery surrounding the tragic 2009 wrong-way crash that killed a mother and seven others on NY's Taconic Parkway. The Long Island mother who drove bombed out of her mind with a minivan full of kids triggering a head-on collision that killed 8 routinely bellied up to the bar and griped about her failing marriage and stressful job, a drinking buddy told The Post. [quote] I just find it hard to believe this woman was an alcoholic and no one thought that she should not drive the kids around. "July 25, 2011: HBO releases "There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane," with the cooperation of Daniel Schuler and his sister-in-law Jay. Diane Schuler was a 36-year-old woman from New York. Its actually pretty common. That's just another lame, totally unproven excuse for Shuler's behavior. She also said something to her brother during that last phone call that was probably very telling about her motives. Investigators said Diane Schuler drove against traffic and struck Bastardi's car. Five young children were in the car as well: her son, her daughter and three nieces. July 25, 2011 Kind of like a perfect storm. But that's where the evidence leads me, sadly. There was an interesting discussion on this sub, perhaps last year, where some people who were familiar with heavy marijuana use + high amounts of alcohol being quickly consumed = being super extremely fucked up. Couldnt Dianes husband have been charged with negligence for that part at least? So whats the theory of when exactly she can cracked open the giant bottle of vodka and was smoking all the pot (seems like it might have happened quite fast?). The collision occurred after the troubled West Babylon resident drove south for 1.7 miles in the northbound lanes of the Taconic Parkway. At least his sleazy lawyer's been disbarred and pretty much lost everything. R5, she didn't take Ambien, she drank a quart of vodka and smoked weed. But court records show that civil cases, including one filed by the Bastardi family in December 2009, had been settled by April. She eventually crashed into an oncoming SUV, which ended up killing herself and seven others. The HBO documentary "There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane" takes a hard look at Diane Schuler's horrifying car crash in 2009, which killed her and seven other people. R65 that's no way to describe Datalounge Danny! The answers arent there either, but its impossible not to watch. She said something about it during the call to her brother. judging from the death photos, R86, no. There was one interesting scene where, when asked if the family was going to pay to exhume the body and do more testing, sister in law Jay said something to the effect of, "well we can't do that because we don't have Diane's salary coming in anymore." He hopes they will eventually be willing to sit down. I remember seeing the husband on Larry King shortly after the accident, and he had so much rage you could have added him to the nuclear stockpile. This was a mentally unstable woman who did a great job of hiding it, had problems in her marriage, had reached a tipping point, and wanted to keep "control" by making sure her children didn't grow up without her. And when she finally exploded she took seven people with her, four of them children. She's not weaving. This mysterious and shattering tragedy draws the public in, feeling a need to find out what really happened to Aunt Diane. Wednesday, March 1, 2023: Today on General Hospital, Obrecht is furious with both Liz and Scott, Finn offers to stand by Liz, and Sonny and Dex bond over a meal. Five years after a violent wrong-way collision on the Taconic State Parkway killed eight people including four young children a flurry of civil lawsuits stemming from the crash have been dropped or quietly settled, with the terms sealed by a state judge. Verified Audience. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. About a week after her deadly crash, Shulerss toxicology report revealed she had a blood-alcohol content of .19%. of undigested alcohol still in her stomach (even after pulling over to vomit twice)so we know she did it. Have you had it tested? This story has been shared 106,144 times. "It's been a long five years," said Michael Bastardi Jr., whose father and brother were killed when Diane Schuler of Long Island drove her minivan head-on into their car. 13 Streaming Documentaries Guaranteed to Make You Sad, Scared, and Righteously Angry. People I know have lived their whole lives like this, lives of silent, absolute denial that anything is wrong (as the sole strategy to deal with some being very wrong). I'm watching this now (for the 4th or 5th time) -- where do you see that she was "full of rage? Four lawsuits have been settled from a 2009 crash that killed eight after a drunk and high West Babylon woman drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway, according to court documents and attorneys handling two of the cases. She drank and smoked to give herself courage/numb the pain, and she 100% got on the highway on the wrong side intentionally to kill herself and her kids. I think something happen on that camping trip, like she found out her waste of space of a husband was having an affair and lost her shit. The three men, all from Yonkers, were on their way to a family cookout in Yorktown. What is Daniel Schuler up to these days and his closet-smoker sister in law? Take a damn uber. I don't live in the US so don't recall much media coverage of this case. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The "last hurrah " at McDonalds theory is just chilling if that was her intention.Jesus. The missing Yuba boys always make me think this too. God will deal with the rest. It speaks to a family of people for whom rigid, absolute denial of an obvious fact is the go-to in terms of dealing with something extremely traumatic. I drive by the spot where they were killed every day. I think the most aggravating thing (not the most devastating thing, as that would be the death of innocent children) about this case is that we will simply never know what in the hell really happened to cause her to behave the way she did. "When you are on Ambien you could eat a whole meal and drink a bottle of booze and not even know it. She was high on marijuana and had the equivalent of 10 shots of booze in her stomach.. By continuing, you agree to the Privacy Policy and He blamed gestational diabetes, though Diane was not known to be pregnant. She calls her brother. Maybe her husband told her he wanted a divorce or that he never wanted kids. She leaves her phone on the barrier on the side of the road. Medical examiners also foundtraces of THCin her system. I'm not going to speculate on any specific molestation etc. Someone suggested that she wasn't looking for pain meds in there but for alcohol. And then, for whatever reason, Diane decided to drop her phone and sped off to die. She also had a lot of undigested alcohol in her stomach + had been smoking weed. This mysterious and shattering tragedy draws the public in, feeling a need to find out what really happened to Aunt Diane. Also: none of the kids were in car seats or had seat belts on and all of them were just crammed next to each other on the seats in the backseat. She continues along and her head is pounding. I don't think this was the 1st time Diane had driven drunk with children in the car. Those were the awful, last words of Emma Hance, who at 9 was the eldest of the five kids riding in the death car during the fiery, horrific crash in Westchester, a source close to the case told me. Family members often are. But she warned her father that she was going to be late, and would not arrive home on time for drama rehearsal. "I do hope, someday," Bastardi said, "maybe if they have a change of heart they'll reach out and we'll find out what really went on. Done deal. And her husband was a lazy prick. Submissions should outline a mystery and provide a link to a more detailed review of the case such as a Wiki article or news report. The 2 kept insisting that if Diane had had alcohol problems, they would have know about it. A guy I went to college with got on the highway going the wrong way, drunk, supposedly after taking a nap at a rest area. This is interesting to me. Four hours later, she drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway for nearly two miles eventually crashing into an oncoming SUV, killing herself and seven others. Some viewers may complain that Theres Something Wrong With Aunt Diane is on the side of Mr. Schuler and his wifes other defenders, because Ms. Garbus spends more time with him and his sister-in-law, Jay Schuler, than with anyone else. Interesting. Diane Schuler Tragedy -- Lies Uncovered: [UPDATED 2014]. Hello and thank you for registering. The woman took her girls away. I do have to go to sleep right away cuz it makes me ravingly hungry. She didn't feel like dealing with 5 little kids and wasn't looking forward to the boring 2 hour ride home. And then there was the pot. Yet Schuler offered himself up, grim-faced, to the press, insisting his wife had an occasional glass of wine and tossed the rest of the bottle away. I was thrown a little that they showed Diane's corpse at the accident scene. Sonny arrives at his restaurant and gives Dex, who is there, the night off. If this is true, Dumb Danny From Long Guyland is a real asshole for suing the families of the little girls! I'm watching it. Yeah, Diane's brother not calling the police right away is the tip off for me that they all knew she was drunk. In 2011, Liz Garbus directed the film There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane for HBO, a film that features interviews with Schuler's husband Daniel and her sister-in-law, Jay, who insist that she was not a drinker and couldn't or wouldn't have deliberately put the children in danger. 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