New York Sunday Collision

I wanted to comment on the tragedy that happened Sunday when a Mother was returning home from a camp ground and ran head on into another vehicle as she drove the wrong way on a divided highway.

The owner of the campsite said the driver in question appeared to be normal when she left that morning. Her husband left about the same time. He to go to a fishing trip and her and the children were to head home.

She stopped at a McDonald's near the camp and got food for her 2 children and for her 3 nieces.

She was driving her brother's van. The same brother who was the father to the nieces she had in the van with her.

Reports from the scene of the accident said a bottle of Vodka was in the Van. We now know the cell phone she had used to call her brother, ( Her husband was in an area with poor cell reception), was not with her at the scene.

We are left with unanswered questions of what happened between her leaving the camp and the death of 7 people around noon. Forensic blood alcohol indicated double the amount of alcohol and traces of marijuana. That is what officials reported. Remember that these officials are reading a written report from someone in a lab. All indications are that this information was obtained from a blood sample test.

While I saw in the news the statement of blood alcohol content, I did not see a report of stomach content or a back-up analysis of hair. It was stated by the medical examiner that they did not see any signs of heart attack or any other medical situation that could have contributed to the tragedy.

Cameras at McDonald's did not indicate any instability in the driver. I have seen many people who have consumed that much alcohol and they are usually obviously drunk. Only a maintenance drinker that drinks all day every day could appear to be "normal". Each of us have a tolerance for alcohol that is individual. Alcohol destroys brain cells. My question is what, if anything else, could have attacked her brain cells. At a camp? Did she have undiagnosed Lyme disease? Was there perhaps a water bottle in the van that had Vodka in it instead of water or mixed with fruit juice? As I understand it there are more results expected in toxicology reports for late September so why was any report at all released to the media?

I hope people allow the one survivor, her son, to recover before starting to hammer him with questions. Chain of custody is an issue here too. I do not support drinking and driving, texting, cell phones, and any other distractions but I also do not support everyone playing judge & jury to get their name in the papers.