Overview
- Two employees in their 50s were injured when a driver tried to take a towed vehicle after the company refused to release it, according to police.
- The incident unfolded at a tow yard in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood, where the operator drove the vehicle off the lot and struck the workers.
- Authorities say the vehicle was found shortly afterward unoccupied and the driver was later located and taken into custody.
- Police identified the suspect as Diogo Silva, 19, of Medford, who had been arrested earlier the same day for driving with a suspended license.
- State Police say Silva is set to be arraigned on charges that include assault and battery with a deadly weapon causing serious injury.