The stranded rider is out in the cold and tonight the teen is apologizing for what happened. Station. Riders were handed flyers about all this. Heres one of the flyers that tells the riders what went wrong but many of the riders we talked to tonight say they are just not happy. One woman told us she is so fed up she wont take the train anymore and shes going to start driving. They are spending a lot of money on it. It should be fixed by now. Reporter chief commuters at North Station unhappy tonight as delays continue. All this after a derailment on the haverhill line this morning, thoroughly frustrating riders. This has been over an hour since i left bradford, an hour and 20 minutes when we should have been picked up and here it is im Still Standing here. Reporter the transportation secretary apologizing to red line riders whose commute froze riders hot under the caller, despite frigid temperatures. Track breakage is a known consequence when we have the first prolonged cold snap of the
Plymouth down to nine, two in o o orange and boston up to 30 , burbs back up to the 20s and noon time today it will be mid to upper 30s, and i expect most of us to at least come close to reaching 40 this afternoon. So 38 to 44, not exactly warm but it is not going to be as cold this afternoon. So im going sunny and cool later today, looking forward to those 40 degree temperature readings and now going to send you over to Julie Grauert with live drive time traffic. Julie, where the hangums now . Julie watching issues on route 1 in saugus. Accident southbound essex street has cleared. We have the northbound exit ramp blocked because of the fire, which we will have more details on in just a moment and southbound traffic though very steady and heavy as people check out the smoke and flames that are still occurring off of essex street in that breaking news. Shifting over to the pike start way to the weston tolls. Expressway typical slowing from Furnace Brook parkway up to columbia road. Her
Steady through about 7 a. M. Through lunchtime, the mid30s back and highs topping out in the upper 30s and lower 40s this afternoon. High 38 to 44 degrees. Now send you over to Julie Grauert for a check of those roads early this morning. Julie, another day where you have that automatic car starter that comes in handyy. Julie i am having an automatic car starter on my christmas list next year because it will come in handy. Things coming along fine. Still early. Route 9 south wide open. Over to the pike with that bright green traffic flow. Nothing is slowing us down quite yet and volume is reasonable. Over to your live drive times. 23 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass avenue. 12 minutes from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel. Eight minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. Gene and sara, back to you. Breaking news at 5 00, crews knock down a fire on greenwich park. People inside the brick building were able to come out basement to the first and second f
Police headquarters where the chief just spoke. Rich . Richard that is right. Police are saying it was the officers girlfriend that was inside the car with him apparently driving along greenbelt road from his residence to her residence, when this all in folded, and apparently moments before, he had heard radio traffic about a car driving erratically and speeding. Moments later, that very car drove by, and that is when he hit his lights and siren and began a pursuit. We have video from the crash site. There is a growing memorial in that particular area. Investigators say he hit a pile of ice at one point, lost control of his car, and ran off the road, smashing into a fence. He was killed, but his girlfriend suffered minor injuries. She was sedated but is now talking to detectives. The dash cam did not work. It was an older model police car. Investigators do have a red light camera video taken about a mile from the crash scene just before him. They would like to find the drivers of a van
Hope will bring answers in a death that killed one of their own. And a Daring Rescue on the ice for a dog. We begin with the much needed relief from the harsh winter. It is not just good for us to get out and enjoy the weather, it is also in some cases good news for your car. Jay korff is live in springfield where how where people are trying to watch winter away. Jay first off, look at this massive pile of snow. This is what we have been dealing with the last few days. To deal with it, crews have to lay this down, salt. Everybody is out and about, at the car wash. If they survive the salt, then they have to deal with the potholes. Almost perfect. Jay it has gone from snow en subzero and subzero to sunny and melting. It meant long lines at the car washed in springfield. Business is booming. Jay they stayed past closing to remove the corrosive salt. We have to get it off. Im here today because i need to get rid of the sand and salt underneath my car. Jay once clean, another worry follows