(NECN: Ally Donnelly, Framingham, Mass.) - David Matzilevich is a doctor, but the Framingham, Mass. researcher says there was little he could do for the young man lying in the street outside his house Tuesday afternoon.
"There was no sign of any consciousness," he says. "He had a massive trauma to his head and numerous contusions and abrasions to the side of his body."
No one knows what happened to 21-year-old Nick Russo. He was found battered and unconscious at the quiet corner of Eleanor and Elda Roads and is in critical condition at Boston Medical Center.
"They don't know if he got hit by a car or if someone threw him out of the car," says neighbor Steve Antonucci.
The Hopkinton, Mass. man works as a cook for Ruby Tuesday's about two miles from where he was found. Police say they're looking for two men in a tan sedan who were seen driving through the neighborhood. Officers describe them as persons of interest.
"I certainly didn’t hear anything out of the ordinary like arguing or shouting or something like that -- I certainly didn't hear a screech of tires," says Matzilevich.
"He's a good-hearted kid who's had some, you know, rough patches in his life and I think he was on the verge of trying to turn his life around," says Russo's aunt, Darlene Hayes.
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Hayes describes her nephew as developmentally delayed. She says he loves to play video games with his cousin, but he is impressionable and sometimes hung with a rougher crowd.
"If anyone has seen Nick over the weekend, has any indication of why he was in the area, or who he was with, please call the Framingham Police Department," she said.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (508) 532-5924.
