Police: Hudson man shouted racial slurs before driving into and killing father of 3
BELMONT - The Middlesex District Attorney s office has identified the Boston man who died following an alleged road rage confrontation with a Hudson man as Henry Tapia.
The district attorney said Dean Kapsalis, 54, faces charges that include a civil rights violation, after he allegedly struck and killed Tapia with his truck following a racially-charged roadside argument on Tuesday night.
District Attorney Marian Ryan and Belmont Chief of Police James MacIsaac confirmed Wednesday that Kapsalis had been arraigned in Cambridge District Court on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a civil rights violation causing injury and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.
One man is dead and another man is facing charges in what authorities are calling a road rage encounter.
Dean Kapsalis, 54, of Hudson, was arrested Tuesday and charged with a civil rights violation causing injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, and leaving the scene of a crash.
Belmont police responded to a 911 call on Upland Road around 4:20 p.m. Tuesday, and found Henry Tapia, 35, of Boston, injured in the road, according to a statement by the Middlesex County district attorney s office and Belmont Police Chief James MacIsaac. Tapia was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and later died from his injuries.