Waltham Man Charged With Manslaughter In Connection With Truck Driver's Death

WALTHAM, MA — A Waltham man was charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a truck driver following a traffic altercation.

Timothy Scalisi, 31, also was charged with assault and batttery in connection with May 27 death of 23-year-old Nicholas Dagostino.

Police sent to Woodside Service Center on Weston Street shortly before 9 a.m. that day found Dagostino "sitting on the shop steps, rubbing his head," according to a press release from the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office.

Dagostino "told police he was driving his vehicle, a white box truck, in the left lane heading toward the Route 20 Rotary near the Woodside’s gas station," the release said.

"He was trying to enter the parking lot, but it was partially blocked by another vehicle in front of him," according to the release. "That vehicle was later identified as (Scalisi's), a white Hyundai Tuscan."

The two men "exchanged words and got out of their vehicles," per the release.

"A physical struggle followed between the two men where the defendant allegedly picked up the victim and brought him violently to the ground," the release said.

Dagostino was "nauseous, vomiting and confused before he was transported to the hospital," according to the release, and died two days later at Lahey Clinic in Burlington.

"It was later learned that Dagostino suffered a brain bleed and had a small fracture to the right side of the lower rear portion of skull as a result of the assault," the release said.

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