Diane Schuler

On July 26, 2009, Diane Schuler drove her minivan the wrong way for 1.7 miles on the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester County, New York, before colliding head-on with an SUV. The crash killed Schuler, her two-year-old daughter Erin, her three nieces (Emma, Alyson, and Kate Hance), and three men in the SUV (Michael Bastardi Sr., Guy Bastardi, and Daniel Longo). Schuler's five-year-old son Bryan survived.

Toxicology reports revealed that Schuler had a blood alcohol level of 0.19 percent—more than twice the legal limit—and had recently smoked marijuana. A broken vodka bottle was found in the minivan. These findings stunned her family and community, who described Schuler as a responsible, loving mother.

Her husband Daniel Schuler and his attorney publicly disputed the toxicology results, insisting Diane was not an alcoholic and suggesting a medical condition such as a dental abscess had caused disorientation. An autopsy found no medical explanation for her behavior.

The case became the subject of the 2011 HBO documentary 'There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane,' which explored the disconnect between the woman her family described and the toxicological evidence.