Back to you guys. An suv crashes into the wall of a building on beacon hill and two people had to be rushed to the hospital as a result. Crews were there and trying to figure out whether that neighborhoods safe. Lets get out to Kimberly Bookman with what with know right now. Yeah, we are live on grope street. A suspect came here, trying to remove that suv from the wallet. This happened about an hour or so ago. And what we know from grope street and according to witnesses going at a high rate of speed all the way to the top, right past the crosssection of myrtle street. There is a wall here at the ends of that street and right folks it is a garage. It appears that that car could have tried to get into the garage or didnt know where they were going but ran right into the wall. That impact caused all of the bricks from the wall to fall to the ground. It does look like that wall is doesnt look like its stabilizing any of the exterior buildings but it is at end of the streak here. Right now
Chaos at the orange line. This is the afternoon commute and that is when a fire broke out. We had video again from the 7news viewer. You will be able to see people kicking outdoors and windows trying to get out. The Boston Fire Department tells 7news that there was either an overheated motor or trash on the fire trash on the line simultaneously that smoke and these people to panic and try to get out of this orange line train that was heading inbound into boston. The Fire Department tells us that you have been there have been about five injuries. Several of them passengers treated on the scene for smoke inhalation including one t police officer. All are expected to be okay. All treated here on the scene. At this hour, the orange line in this area is not running but running. The commuter line runs through the back bay and say that continues to run at this hour. A fire from an overheated motor or there was trash on the line that erupted in flames caused this smoke and for these people obv
That suv slammed right into a wall that was holding up a pantry. You can see now what is left behind here at this hour. And we do understand that no one was here at the time in that house, which is the good news heres. Fire 15s tell us they believe the suv was involved in some kind of a hit and run maybe near cambridge street, and then drove up on grove street all the way to the end, right before witnesses say the suv was speeding, some say they were going about 70 Miles Per Hour when it hit this hall this wall here at the home. And then all of these bricks began to fall. Now both the driver and the passenger that were in that suv were taken by ambulance. We were told that they were both alert and conscious. I seen a white car flying up here. Flying up here, doing like 70 with no brakes. Smack into the wall. So it wasnt as if they were trying to get into a garage, it something. When we first got here, there were two people within the vehicle that was actually against the structure over
The night team is live at Back Bay Station tonight. Alex . Reporter well the train wasnt totally against the platform. Some of the cars werent. So, these emergency doors wouldnt open. That is when passengers decided to break the windows. Panic on the orange line at Back Bay Station in boston. Passengers broke windows and climbed out of the train. Im going to open the door. Calm down, im going to open t as smoke filled the station during the wednesday afternoon commute. Im still shaking. Reporter pastry chef tracy taylor was on board. When the doors wouldnt open, she used a knife to smash a window. I took my scarf. This is my eightinch chef knife. I did this. Im also a certified black belt. And i attached it to my elbow like so. And, oh, into the window. Reporter taylor and the as the bios Ton Fire Department rushed to the scene. It was a combination of two fires that sent smoke pouring into the station. Turned out to be a motor fire. In the process we also found a trash fire on the tra
Early 1980s and today we still do not have a locker room for our female officers. Burk says shes trying to get as much done as possible. This is a priority of ours. And we do not plan on shuffling its not going to go under the rug. And just a little while ago, the mayor released a statement to us saying she could not comment on this discrimination complaint because its being investigated by the state. In medford tonight, keli ohara , a 7news. A sprinkler tank exploded in norwell sending it flying up and through the roof of a pool there, landed ie a car flips over and landed on top of the guardrail. Police say Good Samaritans stopped and tried to pull the driver out but were unsuccessful. Rescue crews worked for over an hour to free the man. He was transported to a local hospital and now recovering. Police say a 70yearold man and 17yearold woman were crossing the street near city hall when they were hit. They suffered serious injuries. Person will face any charges. Police are investigat