The New York Police Department officer who put Eric Garner in a chokehold that led to his death last summer is being sued for severely injuring man in a car crash.

According to a lawsuit recently filed at the Queens Supreme Court, Staten Island Officer Daniel Pantaleo crashed into another vehicle with his squad car on June 20, 2014 on Staten Island. The driver, who has been identified as Leonardo Aguirre, was left with "severe and permanent" injuries, reports the New York Daily News.

Aguirre claims that the collision was caused because Pantaleo was speeding and driving behind him too closely. The two cars then ended up getting into an accident on Clove Road at Martha St. Aguirre says he suffered from injuries to his neck, back, left shoulder and knees.

The suit also accuses Pantaleo and the NYPD of being "negligent, careless and reckless."

The accident occurred less than a month before Pantaleo put Eric Garner in a chokehold on July 17, 2014. A video recording of the chokehold incident shows Garner, a 43-year-old black man, having a verbal confrontation with Pantaleo and another cop who accused him of selling untaxed cigarettes. The video also show Officer Pantaleo putting Garner in a chokehold while he was being arrested, while ignoring his repeated cries of "I can't breathe." Authorities say that the married father of six died from a heart attack about an hour after his arrest.

Pantaleo was cleared on Dec. 3 on all charges by a special 23-member grand jury.

Another lawsuit accused the 29-year-old cop of strip-searching two men, Darren Collins and Tommy Rice, in public after a Staten Island traffic stop in 2012. The men also alleged that Pantaleo slapped their testicles. The cop then settled the lawsuit in January 2014 for $30,000, reports the New York Post.