Daniel Pantaleo, who put Garner in a chokehold, allegedly hit another man’s car while on duty in June, causing ‘severe and permanent’ injuriesThe New York police officer accused in the death of Eric Garner – a Staten Island man who died after being placed in a banned chokehold – is being sued for allegedly crashing his police vehicle into another man’s car causing “severe” injuries to the driver, the New York Daily News has reported.