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A Year After NY Wrong Way Crash, Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

This week, the eight victims of a New York wrong way interstate crash are being remembered in services throughout the state. Although the fatal car accident that took place on Taconic State Parkway last July is still shrouded in mystery, the three families torn apart in the tragic accident continue to mourn their losses.

The crash took place on July 26, 2009, in the early afternoon in Westchester County. Minivan driver Diane Schuler was carrying five children in her vehicle when she slammed into an oncoming SUV head-on. Four children and Schuler were killed in the tragic car accident while all three people in the SUV were also killed.

An investigation revealed that Schuler was under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time of the fatal NY car accident and that her blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. A broken vodka bottle was found at the scene of the crash. However, Shuler’s husband adamantly denies that his wife drank or did drugs and that she must have suffered from a medical emergency, such as a heart attack, stroke, or diabetic attack. In recent months, the husband has admitted that his wife sometimes smoked marijuana and that the couple had been drinking during their camping trip that weekend.

The family of two of the men killed in the SUV have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Schuler’s husband, though the Schuler family has not responded to the charges. To date, no criminal charges have been filed as Schuler died in the NY car accident. 

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