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The husband of a woman who police say was drunk and high when she killed herself and seven others in a wrong-way crash insisted Thursday that she rarely drank and is not an alcoholic.
Citing toxicology reports, police contend Diane Schuler consumed more than 10 vodkas and smoked marijuana minutes before her minivan crashed into an SUV on an upstate New York parkway July 26.
Her 2-year-old daughter and three nieces were killed with her, along with three men driving in the SUV. Schuler's 5-year-old son survived.
But Daniel Schuler said that doesn't add up, and believes his wife's health problems are to blame.
"I go to bed every night and my heart is clear. She is not an alcoholic," he told reporters Thursday. "She was not a drinker. ... Something medically had to have happened."
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His lawyer, Dominic Barbara, said 36-year-old Diane Schuler was diabetic and may have suffered a stroke before the tragic wreck north of New York City. He says she also had a mouth abscess for several weeks and a bump on her leg.
Schuler's husband said he never saw her drunk since the day he met her.
A second autopsy is a possibility in the case. Daniel Schuler and his attorney previously said they may want her body exhumed, but Barbara said they are still weighing that option and are waiting for the county report to be complete.
"We have not yet decided to have a new autopsy," said Barbara. "We don't know."
Barbara told reporters that Diane and Daniel were not in the process of splitting up.
"They were not getting divorced, they were not having marital problems," Barbara told reporters. "She was not an alcoholic. She was not drunk."
Police say Schuler downed more than 10 vodkas and smoked pot before driving her minivan nearly two miles on the Taconic State Parkway and slamming head-on into a sport-utility vehicle.
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Her blood-alcohol level was more than twice the state's legal limit, and she had smoked marijuana about 15 minutes before the crash, according to toxicology reports from the Westchester County medical examiner's office.
Daniel Schuler said that he had never seen his wife drunk since he met her, and that the couple went through a normal routine on the Sunday before he last saw her at a campsite in upstate New York.
"She was fine," he said. "We had a cup of coffee in the morning, we packed the cars up like we always do and we headed out."
Daniel Schuler went fishing for the day, while Diane Schuler began a 140-mile trip home to Long Island with her kids and three nieces, ages 5 to 8. The fiery wreck happened about four hours after she left, and after motorists called 911 to report her erratic driving on several roads.
Barbara said a frequent baby sitter for the West Babylon couple never saw Schuler drink or smoke pot. Her sister-in-law also defended her.
"Family was the most important thing to her," said Joy Schuler, Daniel's sister. "There was no way she would ever jeopardize the children."
Police say they hope information from the family will shed light on what happened.
Cooperation from the Schulers has been "limited thus far," state police Lt. Dominick Chiumento said.
Barbara told FOX 5 his client has been suicidal after losing his wife and little girl.
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