<P> At 1: 33 p.m., two drivers called 911 after noticing Schuler's van edging onto the northbound exit ramp of the Taconic State Parkway near Briarcliff Manor . The end of the exit ramp (41 ° 08 ′ 34" N 73 ° 48 ′ 51" W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.142734 ° N 73.814038 ° W ﻿ / 41.142734; - 73.814038), at the intersection with Pleasantville Road, is marked with two signs that read "Do Not Enter" and two signs that read "One Way". Within the next minute, four more 911 calls were placed by motorists who reported that a car was traveling the wrong way down the parkway going approximately 75 - 85 mph . </P> <P> The van traveled south for 1.7 miles in the parkway's northbound passing lane before colliding head - on, at approximately 1: 35 p.m., with a 2004 Chevrolet TrailBlazer, which then struck a 2002 Chevrolet Tracker . At the time of impact, Schuler was traveling approximately 85 mph . Schuler, her daughter, and two of her nieces were dead at the scene of the crash (the children did not appear to have been in car seats, or even to have had seatbelts fastened), along with the three men in the TrailBlazer: 81 - year - old Michael Bastardi, his 49 - year - old son Guy, and their friend, 74 - year - old Dan Longo . The two occupants of the Tracker suffered only minor injuries . Schuler's severely injured third niece and Schuler's 5 - year - old son Bryan were taken to area hospitals, where the niece died later that day . Bryan is the only passenger of Schuler's vehicle to survive, suffering from broken bones and severe head trauma . He remained hospitalized before returning home in early October . </P> <P> Two men who witnessed the accident and smoke rising out of the van ran to assist the occupants . After removing Schuler from the van, the two men saw a large, broken Absolut Vodka bottle by the driver's side . The men tried to pull the girls out of the van, and noted that they had no pulse . Because the children possibly were not seat belted in and thrown together, the men did not even notice Bryan stuck under another child . Bryan was the only survivor of the accident . </P> <P> The investigation of the collision drew nationwide attention, as Schuler's husband strongly disagreed with the conclusion that she was heavily intoxicated at the time of the crash . A toxicology report released on August 4 by Westchester County medical examiners found that Schuler had a blood - alcohol content (BAC) of 0.19%, with approximately six grams of alcohol in her stomach that had not yet been absorbed into her blood . The legal BAC limit for Driving While Intoxicated in New York State is 0.08% . The report also said that Schuler had high levels of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, in her system . She could have smoked marijuana as recently as fifteen minutes before the accident . </P>

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