Taconic accident - if you followed the story

xbrooklyngrl

I just read that the mom had alcohol and Marijuana in her system. This makes me so mad. How could she drive with not only HER kids but her Brothers 3 children. Drunk and High? How could her Husband let her drive with all those kids? I just don't understand.

This was tragic enough when I thought it was a bad accident.

https://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/08/04/2009-08-04_diane_schuler_mom_who_drove_van_wrong_way_on_the_taconic_killing_8_was_drunk_on_.html

penguingrrl

I saw that earlier and it makes me so mad.  I really thought there was a medical reason for what happened and felt sorry for her.  What a monster.

LanaM

OMG, that's horrible... i could not understand why she kept driving if she called her husband 30-60 minutes before the accident complaining that she was not feeling well..... I guess that explains it. Those poor kids... and those poor people in another car....

MarchMom06

penguingrrl:

I saw that earlier and it makes me so mad.  I really thought there was a medical reason for what happened and felt sorry for her.  What a monster.

Ditto this. Exactly.

debs1018

It happened 5 minutes from my house. I cannot believe it! I had such a feeling something was wrong like that. I think that the husband knows much more than what he is saying. I feel so bad for all the families involved. I cannot imagine losing all of my children. Heartbreaking!

xbrooklyngrl

I know! I was SURE she had a anneurysm or some medical condition.

God, to make such a stupid decision, not just with your own kids but with your brothers kids. And to keep driving when you know you don't feel right. Poor babies, poor innocent people.

happ17

wow, I thought she must have had a stroke or something. HOW could she be so irresponsible?!?! That story haunted me for days.

happ17

and what do you do if you're that brother?! ya know? Or worse yet, his wife?

xbrooklyngrl

happ17:

and what do you do if you're that brother?! ya know? Or worse yet, his wife?

YES! I've been saying that since day one.

 

kittycarr

That poor boy is going to be scarred for life.  The dad wasn't there, right?  The boy still has his daddy?

MarchMom06

xbrooklyngrl:

happ17:

and what do you do if you're that brother?! ya know? Or worse yet, his wife?

YES! I've been saying that since day one.

 

If I were the wife of the brother & found out that the husband (of the wife driving the car) knew & allowed his wife to drive my children, I seriously think I would be in jail for my behavior.

xbrooklyngrl

Yep the Dad is still alive.

Ugh, the entire thing is nuts. Driving with 5 kids is distracting enough, who in their right mind drives under the influence.

happ17

wait--she called the husband? I thought she called her brother telling her she didn't feel well...

MarchMom06

happ17:

wait--she called the husband? I thought she called her brother telling her she didn't feel well...

She called her brother. The husband was camping with her/the kids & left to go on a fishing trip at 9:30 am - she left to drive the kids home. It's unclear if he was drinking/smoking with her, but it seems odd that she would stop somewhere or do that with all of the kids. . .

buler23

I thought she called her brother.  He told her to stay and he would come and get them.  She did not listen.  That whole story makes me sick.

xbrooklyngrl

Yes, she called her brother, not her husband. Her Husband was at the camp site with her that morning though and they departed at the same time in different cars I guess.