we received a phone call at 9:00 a.m. from emma hance s oldest daughter, everything was good, had a great time, they were looking forward to coming home. danny was parked up in front, and he had the dogs and he had the truck. and she was right behind him in the van. and the kids were just yelling. they were all strapped in their seats and yelling what a good time they had because they were up visiting with aunt, you know, diane and so forth. so i kind of leaned and i said, oh, i hear you yelling. i said, you have a good time? they go, yeah, we re coming back. you know, they were so excited about coming back. and that was about the last thing they said. i said to diane, have a safe trip home. she certainly seemed sober to me.
and kills eight people, the worst accident in recent memory. diane schuler hits the vehicle, which then crashes into vehicle number three, and the schuler vehicle goes off the road, down the hill, rotating, and eventually begins to burn. a lady was screaming? spanish, there were kids in the car. i went down the hill with this other fella. we were trying to get the door off. the door wouldn t open. we couldn t get the slider door. we were looking for the driver, we couldn t find her. the car was fully engulfed in the front.
warren is having a hard time. all the women in his life have left him, and he won t let me out of his sight. i pray our pain ends soon, and can i see my girls. give bryan a hug and a kiss, and know that you are a great person with a lot to give. love, jackie. whatever happened in this tragedy, there was no evidence that diane schuler was a bad person. what evidence we have is that she was a very good mom, and a very good person generally, maybe a bit too good, a bit of a perfectionist. i don t see any evidence that what she did was intentional. given the fact she was generally someone with very high standards for herself, was someone very socially connected, a good
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never even her eyes didn t even move. it s just i m going where i want to go, i m doing what i need to do, i m where i want to be. and then she went around the bend on to the highway itself. we know that diane schuler enters the taconic state parkway going south in the northbound lane approximately 1.7 miles north of the point of impact. she drives this 1.7 miles at a high rate of speed, and you have half a dozen callers to 911. state police, 911. state police, you ve been northbound taconic, there s a minivan in the right lane going southbound. 911. hi, i m on the taconic expressway, just passed exit 100-c. there s a car going like 70 miles an hour in the wrong direction. it was very surreal seeing it coming at you so what you had to do, thank god nobody was on the side. i was able to go over a couple of lanes as the van came by me