Cop In Wrong-Way Fatal Crash Had Blood-Alcohol Level 3 Times Legal Limit, Report Says

By Jessica Remo
NJ.com
Apr. 26, 2015

LINDEN -- The Linden cop who drove the wrong way on a Staten Island highway, crashing and killing two passengers, had a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit, according to an NBC report.

The report says Pedro Abad, 27, had a BAC of .24 percent; the legal limit is .08.

Abad was the driver in the March 20 wrong-way crash that killed a fellow officer and a passenger - and critically injured Abad and another officer - when he struck a tractor-trailer head-on on the West Shore Expressway in Staten Island.

Abad, a six-year veteran of the department currently earning a base salary of $92,416, was in a total of 8 accidents prior to the wrong-way crash, including two where he was charged with drunk driving.

NJ Advance Media uncovered that Abad was previously charged with DUI in crashes in 2011 and 2013, and was caught on a police dashcam unable to complete a sobriety test in the 2013 incident. The 2011 charges were dismissed when evidence was not turned over to Abad's lawyer.

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