Gunshots. I heard noises. Then the alarm was pulled in our building so my friends and i rushed downstairs m. We saw man lying on the flar on the back with what appeared to abul let hole. He was male and he looked like he is around the 30s or 40s around there. He was screaming for help and telling us it is inside. Heather mary saladna is on the scene in revere. Well continue to bring you a live report as soon as we can. Now to the other top story. That is the hunaway train. A veteran operator under investigation. Ed that after red line train rolled out of the station wut a driver. 5 investigates the first to uncover the man who should have been at the control. He is off the job. John atwater is live in braintree with the investigation. Zon john. A man who has worked for the t no signs that David Vasquez has been back home tonight. The redline train operator is the primary focus of what caused the train to teak off unmanned for nine minutes through four consecutive stops. The train are i
Impact on the morning commute. Visibility running a quarter of a mile or less in many spots. Look how widespread the fog is. Wherever youre seeing the white color. Even in visibility just a couple of miles. The fog is out there. Temperatures are mild. Low 50s in plymouth. 45 boston. We have clouds above the fog. We have going to start out the morning pretty murky. The clouds are coming off this system and will pass us by at the north. We will be in the fog until at least about 8 00 this morning. Clouds lingering through late morning. Breaks of sunshine this afternoon. Lets getout to roads now. That fog is going to slow you down. Happy friday to you at home. Things are very dense. A lot of areas take it easy. Use a lot of extra caution. Keep that in mind. Lets go to a couple of work crews on the map. Especially downtown. Obvious work crews, 93 southbound, zakim bridge and the sumner tunnel we have the closure of the pike. Everyone is being detoured up and around. Keep that in mind. Rout
Vasquez, failed to follow multiple safety protocols. According to sources, he did not set the break before he got out of the car and sources also tell the throttle. It could have been a review or microphone cord. This was just yesterday. The driver, 51yearold david vasquez, 28 years on the t, got out of the train to check on a problem at braintree, which is when the trade continued on to four stations unmanned. Basque as been placed on administrative leave. We are learning that he failed to follow multiple safety protocols, including not setting the brakes before he got out, and tying a cord around the throttle. We checked into his driving record as well. End of 2000. Antoinette we expect to hear from governor baker on the investigation. You can watch the News Conference live at 1 00 p. M. On wcvb. Com hand on our mobile app. Also breaking this noon a driver house. Antoinette newscenter 5 s Reid Lamberty is live in north reading. Reid, was anyone hurt inside the house . Right now, repa
A Heated Exchange between two lawmakers in brazil leads to quite a scuffle here. We will show you to rest of it. It is pretty eye popping. Im emily riemer. The fog out there is kind of ridiculous this morning. Cindy it is widespread. Widespread fog out there. Dense fog advisory for most of the area until 9 00 a. M. This is where visibility will drop down to around a quarter of a mile or less. There is some fog out to Worcester County but the visibilities are not down as much. 2 1 2 miles worcester. Four miles orange. Outside of this area, you head toward the coast and notice how the visibility drops. In boston it is 1 3 of a mile. Beverley under a mile. Plymouth as well. You get the idea. The fog is out there and will be 52 in plymouth this morning. A very mild start above the fog. We do have some clouds which are going to scoot to our north with the rain. Were going to brighten it up this afternoon as High Pressure noses in from the south. Deal with the fog until 9 00al. Clouds going
The throttle or cineston to keep of braking and not engaging the emergency brake. But why did the operator leave s box of questions. For example how often do motor , people have to leave the train to flip a bypass switch because the signaling system is faulty . Systemwide across our entire system, including the green line, we have in the range of failures. That is every week. Further repairs cannot continue until the spring. Other unresolved questions, how can commuters in the future communicate with the mbta if the conductor is not available . And do other operators rig the throttle . We have no reason to believe it is a widespread practice. We do not have cameras in the control car so there s no video we can review to see what is actually happening. They say in the future, bypass system needs to be engaged, a senior official will go to the train to witness the action. This will cause slight delays for commuters. Janet wu, Wcvb Newscenter 5. Phil d. C. F. Is under fire following an in