Services For Roderick Jackson Announced: Waltham Crash

CAMBRIDGE, MA — The family of Roderick "Kito" Jackson, the National Grid employee killed in a crash at a Waltham worksite last week, will host a visitation over the weekend.

This visitation will be held at St. Paul AME at 37 Bishop Allen Dr. in Cambridge, according to the family's attorney.

From 9 to 11 a.m., the family will host visitation hours with the funeral service following at 11 a.m.

"The Jackson family will open these services to the public for anyone who would like to pay their respects," the attorney said.

In Jackson's community, an outpouring of support is ongoing for the family of the man they knew as "Kito."

An online fundraiser is ongoing for Jackson's family, raising over $12,000 as of Tuesday at 9:45 a.m.

Jackson grew up in Cambridge and attended Cambridge Ringe & Latin before attending Framingham State University, where he played college basketball and graduated with a business administration degree.

He was hired at National Grid in 2021.

According to an attorney representing the family of Roderick Jackson, the National Grid employee also killed in the crash, the family plans to seek civil action against Peter Simon, the man charged in the case.

"The man accused of killing Mr. Roderick Jackson and Officer Paul J. Tracey is a habitual offender who should have never been in the position to take the lives of these two beloved members of our community," attorney Thomas Flaws said, in a statement.

"The system failed these two innocent men and we intend to seek civil justice to the fullest to avenge Mr. Jackon’s tragic passing which we hope can bring some semblance of peace to the Jackson family in due time."