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
As temperatures well, no, they are not 52 they are not 52. They are in the 30s and 40s. Cloudy, but we are talking about dry conditions. By this afternoon, sure, we will be climbing into the low to middle 40s. Upper 40s this afternoon and some locations with a few breaks of sunshine. And by this evening. Sunset 4 11. We are going to notice those clouds thickening up further clouds thickening up furthermore. The risk of showers moves on in. Coming up we will take you through a timeline when to expect the rain and the warmup. A check of your traffic with Julie Grauert mroup things going. Julie sarah, looking good julie sarah, looking good. Ramps from the logan arrival and departure levels to the tunnel westbound are closed for another half hour until 5 a. M. That is why that section of the map is purple. Moving out, bright green. 93 south route 1 looks good and zakim bridge is open. 24 minutes on pike from 495 to mass ave. The pike. 22 minutes from peabody to the weston tolls. We begin w
Bit. 7 00 the rain is offshore. We are going to get breaks in the clouds thats likely going to allow fog to form. When the clouds go away, the fog can start to develop, so be aware of that. First thing in the morning there will be fog and also sunshine. Big warmup coming our way. No matter where youre heading for the holidays, you can take our weather app, keep a eye on weather alerts and the all for sevenday forecast. Its free to download from your apple or android device. A friend. Marathon bomber is free. He walked out of federal court after telling a judge he was young and dumb and thought he could outsmart everyone. Just want folks to know im human. The tsarnaev brothers used sean collier. There was emotion in that courtroom. Reporter mark, there certainly was. In fact the family members of silva collapsed out loud. 17 months time stefrd and silva walked out of court to join his family for christmas. Like you said, he actually was providing this gun to dzhokhar tsarnaev. The prose
Julie i am julie grauert. We are keeping a close eye on temperatures this morning. Shiri is watching where icy spots may form during the morning commute. Shiri, how are things looking right now. Shiri out there i am fairly optimistic. Above freezing. 40s in boston. 41 degrees. Bedford and lawrence at 40. 43 in hyannis. 36 in worcester and 36 in portsmouth, New Hampshire. Nashua and portsmouth under a freezing rain advisory. Could get to freezing and if we get any drizzle could cause patchy conditions. Look at that drizzle. A couple of spot sprinkles forming around 7 00 and continuing in a very widely scattered fashion through noon scattered fashion through noontime. Still plenty of spots and the dry spots are filling through the afternoon. Widespread drizzle at 3 p. M. Kids coming home from school. Make sure you are sending them with any rain gear because wet degrees during the afternoon hours and there are some of your steadier wind as you shift toward the evening commute. 44 to 54. M
Brown claims hes innocent. I know exactly whats happening a person whom i trusted has been trying for weeks to get me in trouble but i have nothing to do with this. Police say the New Hampshire native has been living in south america for more than a decade. Brown could also be facing charges in the u. S. As well. Turning now to the forecast the holiday lights are out but were talking about a winter warmup. December meets spring and Storm Tracker meteorologist rob eicher not out of the question we could see 60 degrees on saturday. I think well see at least a you few 60 degrees on the map. Got up to 58 at least this afternoon in boston. In fact those numbers more typical of what we see in midon to late october than the middle part of december. Currently sitting at 50 degrees in boston enough of a wind to prevent any fog there. Temperature also dip back into the upper 40s in the boston area. In southern New Hampshire winds have been a little bit lighter but not expecting it to be nearly a