Bail Set at $500,000 For Bolingbrook Man Charged in Fatal Accident

The Bolingbrook man charged with aggravated drunken driving and improper lane use in a car accident Friday night that killed another man is being held on $500,000 bail in Will County Jail.

Bolingbrook police said the Jeep driven by Jay Cox, 35, 251 Meadowbrook Drive, collided with a Nissan driven by Efren Garcia, 30, of Bolingbrook, at around 11 p.m. at the intersection of Rockhurst Road onto Monterey Drive.

Police said both cars were traveling eastbound when Cox hit Garcia on the driver's side as Garcia was attempting to turn onto Monterey. The Jeep SUV then hit a lightpole before rolling over and coming to rest on its roof, police said.

Police said Garcia, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pinned in his car, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Cox, who had been wearing a seatbelt, was taken to Bolingbrook Adventist Hospital, where he was treated and released.

He was transported to the Will County Adult Detention Facility.

The accident is still under investigation, police said.

Cox is due in court Wednesday.

A funeral Mass for Garcia will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Michael the Archangel's Parish, 4821 S. Damen Ave., Chicago. A visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Salerno's Galewood Chapel, 1857 N. Harlem Ave., Chicago.

A blog has been set up in Garcia’s honor here.

Rick Grossman, head coach of the Bolingbrook Fury 12U travel program of which Garcia’s daughter is a part, said the organization plans to cancel its second annual Texas Hold'em Fundraiser planned for this Saturday and is instead asking that people make a donation to the Garcia family.

The organization plans to donate the money to a fund established at the First Midwest Bank in Bolingbrook under the title "Efren Garcia Memorial Fund."