Two kids appears in court today. Police say he was drunk whether he hit them. The mother and her children are recovering now at the hospital but that driver is facing serious charges. Kelly ohare has the details. I failed three field sobriety tests according to the police report, and witnesses say him tossing a 12pack of budweiser. Do you have anything to say to the family that you reporter the 52 Dexter Mitchell moned to our cameras and not talking about the accident. He was drunk behind the wheel when he hit a mom and twin daughters. Prior to the defendant approaching the police officer, he did pull up to a dutch ster and take out of his car later identified to be several beer cans both empty and full and throw them in the dumpster. The family was crossing the hit. Witnesses told police they say mitchell slow down but didnt stop. However, mitchells attorney disagrees and says he turned him in. Unfortunately, it was an accident that happened, but theres no evidence it was careless or
Thirdround pick. The 27 yerd was a secondround pick by the patriots in 2013. Of course, our sports director will have much more this evening, but for now in the newsroom, 7 news. Also on 7, morning mayhem today in boston. Businesses evacuated and streets shut down all because of a gas leak that broke out near bostons government center. Officials say contractors working in the area hit a gas main. Weve in boston with much more. I came up the street and was ke reporter of a rough start to the work week in Downtown Boston after a work crew struck a gas main near the intersection after 8 00 a. M. I was in the building about 8 00 one of the guys came up and said, everybody out of the building. We have been standing here ever since. Dozens of people to still to work and 40 court street are ordered to evacuate whether gas six street level businesses were impacted well. We have the presence of gas in those buildings. Danger to the area . Well, its outside, and its vented to the outside. Some o
Police say they got the call at 8 30 for two children in the pool. A aged were found in the pool. At last check, the police say the children are still alive. A four alarm brush fire broke out just after 5 00 saturday night and drivers could see it from route 28. The firefighters say the flames were just a few feet from the street and they needed a lot of manpower to fight it. Its hard to get to. Hydrants where the fire is. Its basically a four alarm fire and its called manpower. The firefighters have to drag the hose, you know, hundreds of feet uphill, downhills through the brush, over rocks, its very labor intensive. Firefighters say the fire has been contained and no homes were threatened. A boat the lock after taking in water during an afternoon cruise. Jim smith has the latest from gloucester. Reporter late in the afternoon in rough seas, the boat started taking on water and started taking on water. People were getting scared, getting sick, especially when they brought out the life
And the smoke from 128. Now firefighters tell us, those flames are just a few feet ray way from the street, and they tell us, they need more manpower to find it. Extremely difficult to get to, because, of course we have no roads, and no hydrants iny the fire is. So right now, we have 4 alarms with the fire apparatus here. Basically, a 4 alarm fire, and its for manpower. The firefighters have the hose, hundreds of feet, up feet, through the brush, its just very labor intensive. Firefighters say the fire is contained, and right now, no homes are threatened, but they do expect to be there for several more hours. The conditions really are ripe for brush fires, as weve been talking for weeks about the drought, and how we desperately need rain. There is some wet weather in forecast though. Much needed rain, looking to move in sunday night into dry conditions out there, and the severe drought has turned into extreme Drought Conditions over boston, where 8. 2 inches of rain below where we shou
Nahant. Is that absolutely gorgeous in favorite part of the day. Soak it all in, people. Soaking it in, thats all. Enjoying it. I love it. Good morning, everybody. Its saturday, august 20. Im doug meehan. Antoinette im antoinette antonio. Hope your morning is off to a great start. If it wasnt, that made your mood today, mirk. Mike you see the sunrise, and were talking about you just want to look at it. Doug shall we . Just watch. Mike we need nice music in the background. Is that a palm tree . Just kidding. What a gorgeous sunrise this morning. Couple things to point out. One is around the worcester area, were getting fog reports. Visibility down to a quarter mile. Very patchy stuff, burning off quickly this morning. Also, a little shower toward block island. I wish the thing would lift its falling over the ocean right now. The next chance of rain is not until the front to the west starts moving in this direction. Thats not going to happen until tomorrow night. Its losing punch right n