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Eight Die In Fiery Wrong Way Taconic State Parkway Crash

A Long Island, New York woman is responsible for the deadly wrong way NY car accident that killed eight people last week, but investigators are still baffled about how and why the accident took place.

The 36-year-old New York mother, Diane Schuler, drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway, crashing her red Ford minivan into an oncoming SUV. Schuler, her daughter Erin, and three of her young nieces were killed in the New York car accident as well as the three passengers in the SUV. Schuler's son, 5-year-old Brian, survived the crash and is being treated for injuries at the Westchester Medical Center.

The autopsy on Schuler revealed that the woman did not suffer from a heart attack or stroke, and New York State Police also believe that she was not driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. All police know is that she called her brother shortly before the accident to tell him she needed help driving because she was sick and disoriented. Although he told her to pull over and called the state police to locate her car, the accident happened not long after the phone call.

The woman was traveling home from a camping trip in upstate New York. She drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway for almost two miles before having the accident. Six people called 911 to report the woman, while others tried to alert her that she was going the wrong way by honking their horns and flashing their headlights.

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