Daniel Leal Jr. was a Garfield resident in 2021 when he crashed into a parked tractor trailer on Route 7, while driving under the influence, prosecutors said.
Officer Luis Santiago has been accused of drinking before driving and killing 29-year-old Damian Dymka along the Parkway in fall 2021. Lt. Luis Santiago is accused of helping his son try and cover-up the crime.
Police are working to connect two separate deaths in Bergen County on Saturday. One was a murder and the other, suicide by train, found hours apart in Garfield.