Nashoba valley ski area. Erika doug meehans live in westford. Doug this ski area is in prep mode for the upcoming ski season. As of this noon there is a great sense of loss and grief on the property. Not a lot of information being released about what happened earlier this morning but the incident taking place further down into that property. Sky 5 providing a view of the kept and maintained. In a statement from management they are confirming that Westford Police is on the premises investigating the death of an employee. We are being told the death was unwitnessed. The general manager saying the employees especially employee was treasured by both his family and our staff and that they are closely cooperating with the investigation. The name of that employee has at this point is not considered suspicious. Emily a Tennessee Community in mourning. At least five children killed in a School Bus Crash in chattanooga. Jim ran off the road and slammed into trees. The yellow bus on its side wrap
Another day. Another Fascinating Development 20,000 massachusetts voters of the Democratic Party just as the first of this year to register unenrolled a republican. Lifelong democrat marley has been voting for democrats since 1950 and she admits even she thought about voting for republican she thought about voting for donald trump but not because you want to see trump went. Whalen says as the case with mary charles the trend might be less about feeling connected to a republican more about strategy. Thats typical boston politics. We have the cloak and dagger exciting. Another sign massachusetts is being taken so seriously ill clinton spent last night and this morning here youre looking at indio of him in west roxbury this morning he also campaigned in new bedford there. Some people to complain of the flow of voting. We did you speak with the new bedford Elections Office they tell me did not impede anyone from voting did affect people parking at that polling location weve also reached ou
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
In the maximum speed position. The cord was wrapped through there, so it stays on the high speed and walkie talkie itself was stuck there. Ed is the one who broke the operator compartment door open and discovered there was no one running the train, even after he saw the operator, board just braintree. I keep the door, opened the conductor. The reporter several passengers telling fox 25 the microphone cord was wrapped around the controller, but the first t officials or in its train after it stopped unwrapped it, as they were securing the train. This photo shows the cabin right after. His wallet was there and there was something tied around the power thing, which registers how fast you go. Did he kill himself . He was trying to kill us or whatever, because the conductor wars not in there. The whole ordeal left passengers concerned and shaken up, even hours later. We went from braintree to and no one even told us. The reporter ed was telling us that investigators did show up at his work t
Nouns this is the fox25 morning announcer this is the fox25 morning news. Julie good wednesday morning, 4 30 on october 21. I am jewel. Daniel i am daniel miller. Meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski tracking the risk of showers. Sarah closer and closer to that 70degree mark as we head into the day tomorrow. But today is all about location. We have a weather boundary drift through the region. To the north of that boundary will be cool. To the south it will be mild. We are actually going to see this boundary shift further hours. Clouds. A few sprinkles. Note. Low 60s. 58 in boston. 55 in lynn. A little bit cooler to the north and west in worcester county, southwestern New Hampshire is where we have temperatures in the 40s. And it is the further north you go, you are going to see cooler conditions for the day today with a lot of clouds around. We will also be tracking a few spot showers and sprinkles that will move on through from west to east through the midday hours. And most of the area sho