Transformer shattered in the street. Just feet from two Canton Police officers who heard the warning signs something bad was about to happen. You heard the crack. You looked. You started, it was like slow motion and you just got out of the way. Reporter both of you at the same time . Go exactly. Reporter sargent paul and officer of the officer were on detail watching cleanup after the storm blew neighborhood and brought down power lines and two poles with it. Hours later with the officers standing feet away, a third power pole came down when workers removed a power line that was holding it up. Thank god the power was dead to it because i dont know what could have happened if it was live pour running to it but it wasnt. The power has been killed up around the corner. So we were lucky. Reporter next time the officers say they wont push their luck. It was terrifying. That close to it so, you know, maybe next time we get a little farther away. Reporter the only lights on coming from the re
With investigator, trying to get to the bottom of this. The reporter well, mark, i asked transportation secretary stephanie pollack about these passengers reports about a cord being wrapped around what they believed was an accelerator in the cab of this operator and she said its all part of a very active investigation. An investigation she says that focuses specifically and primarily on operator error. And we know tonight, that it was a nightmare commute for about 50 passengers on the redline. Take a look at this video. Sources tell me, 28 years, mbta veteran David Vasquez was the operator of this train. Pollack would not confirm his identity, but she told reporters the operator could not start the train this morning. Because of a signal issue. And put it into whats been called bypass mode, what is called bypass mode and then that operator stepped off the train. Both sets of brakes on the train vasquez sustained minor none of the passengers on the train were hurt. Transit police tell f
We have loads of clouds. We have a little bit of fog, and we will have a couple of drizzly spots. Noontime comes along. Temperatures roll into the lower 50s. We have a few breaks possibly in the clouds at noontime, but they come back into play. 50 to 58. That happens late and ready for the drizzle and fog and i will show you when we finally dry back out shortly. But now Julie Grauert is up with live drive time traffic. Julie, where this later accident . Julie shiri, new sent in revere. We will bring you the live pictures when we get there. You can see the traffic flow changing from green to red as you deal with that lane closure as we work to clean up that. Over to the pike moving along fine. Average speeds of 61 Miles Per Hour. You can see wide open through live drive times. Take a look at route 1, up to 38 minutes because of that accident from 128 to the tobin tobin. From the braintree split to the pike. 29 minutes on 93 south from 49 29 minutes on 93 south from well, police remain o
Mostly cloudy and 51 at noontime. If we get any breaks in the clouds around noon. 3 p. M. Clouds back in place along with the fog and potential for a couple of isolated sprinkles. The real rain gets going around 7 00. I will tell you when it lets up coming up shortly but right now back to you, julie, for a check of the roads. Julie all right, shiri. A look at the maps where things are moving along nicely things are moving along nicely. Pike wide open from framingham through newton. 91 south looks good. Zakim bridge moving along nicely. 24 minutes on the pike from 49 24 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass avenue. Eight minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 22 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. Now back to that breaking news. We are learning that a teacher in paris has been stabbed by a man claiming allegiance to isis. The bbc is reporting it happened in a classroom in a paris suburb. Attacker apparently had a box cutter and sciss
20 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. Sara and gene, back to you. We are following breaking news right now. We are just learning that a teacher in paris has been stabbed by a man claiming allegiance to isis. The bbc is reporting that it happened in a classroom in a paris suburb. The attacker reportedly had a box cutter and scissors and is on the run this morning. The teacher was alone in the room. The injuries are not lifethreatening. Now this comes just one month after terrorists killed 130 people in paris. Story all morning. Developing news this morning, an ongoing investigate into a deadly house fire in worcester. Sara crews race in to try to save two people but they died at the hospital. Fox25s Jessica Reyes live at the home this morning where investigators are expected to return. Good morning, jess. Reporter good morning, sara. Right now you can see there is a Police Cruiser parked happened. We know that Fire Fighters did people horn inside but unfortunately w