Dinner without Crayons » current events http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com Written by moms who want nothing more than dinner in a restaurant where crayons aren't handed out with the menus. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:55:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 She "wasn't feeling well" http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/2009/08/she-wasnt-feeling-well/ http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/2009/08/she-wasnt-feeling-well/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:31:16 +0000 Jill http://www.newmexiken.com/dinnerwithoutcrayons/?p=174 Remember the mother who drove the wrong way on the Taconic Parkway near New York City, eventually causing a crash that killed eight people, including her daughter and three nieces, and critically injured her son?

Police announced today that the woman, Diane Schuler, had a blood alcohol level of .19 and had also smoked marijuana in the hour before her death.

Apparently, she was driving erratically for some time before the crash: straddling lanes, tailgating, flashing her lights, driving across a median, and trying to pass on the shoulder. Six people called 911 to report her.

My initial reaction when I heard about this crash was to feel a measure of relief that this woman did not survive. I thought no person could or should have to live with that much pain. But, thinking now of what those last minutes must have been like for those terrified children, I find myself wishing she had survived.

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