Dartmouth and Commonwealth Avenue. We dont have any word of any injuries at this time. And of course, we will track this story and follow the latest for you. Looks like that car rearended that other one and possibly, the fire truck rearended the one that is sandwiched in between. Seriouslooking crash. We will let you know more as soon as we get it right here. We have more breaking news this morning. Or this afternoon. Out of boston. Breaking news. The street shut down. Businesses evacuated. After a gas leak n this happened earlier today. Welcome to 7 news at noon. Im christa delcamp. Sarah im sarah french. Crews responded at 8 00 this morning. Contractors working in the area, hitting a gas main. And steve cooper has the latest on this. I was just shocked to see everything that was happening. Reporter rough start in Downtown Boston after a work crew struck a sixinch gas main near the intersection of probably about 8 00. One of the guys came unand said everybody out of the building. We h
Cascading down the sidewalk and crushing two suvs and damaging eight other parked cars. Witnesses scrambled into action. Stratton rushed to reach the driver the car. I opened up the car door. My mom was a nurse. That driver and four firefighters were all taken to mass General Hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. The fire commissioner says theyre trying to figure out what happened. Assumption that the driver, the light changed and the driver kind of went out into the intersection and then made contact with the apparatus. Reporter the crash scene is sealed off for hours as Boston Police accident reconstruction unit work to piece everything together. One by one the twisted metal and mangled mess is meth dickally untangled and towed away with everything just thankful no one was seriously hurt here. I thought of it on the way here today, that i hope no one theyre civilians. No one is hurt or dead. Reporter theres a camera at this intersection, and Boston Police investigators hope to g
Two kids appears in court today. Police say he was drunk whether he hit them. The mother and her children are recovering now at the hospital but that driver is facing serious charges. Kelly ohare has the details. I failed three field sobriety tests according to the police report, and witnesses say him tossing a 12pack of budweiser. Do you have anything to say to the family that you reporter the 52 Dexter Mitchell moned to our cameras and not talking about the accident. He was drunk behind the wheel when he hit a mom and twin daughters. Prior to the defendant approaching the police officer, he did pull up to a dutch ster and take out of his car later identified to be several beer cans both empty and full and throw them in the dumpster. The family was crossing the hit. Witnesses told police they say mitchell slow down but didnt stop. However, mitchells attorney disagrees and says he turned him in. Unfortunately, it was an accident that happened, but theres no evidence it was careless or
Not lifethreatening. It doesnt appear like anyone is in the wrong here, so i didnt want to mislead anybody. It doesnt appear that way. Again, just thankfully no one was seriously injured. Through the afternoon a team of tow truck operators worked to peel away the twisted wresage and remove the mess while an accident reconstruction teechl was busy to figure out what led to the terrifying moments. Our guys are well trained, so i just hope that, you know, theyre all safe. The firefighters are all safe. Reporter there is a camera at this intersection here at com avenue and dartmouth streets. It would appear that this whole incident was caught on camera. Again, that is something that Boston Police accident reconstruction investigators are still working on right now. The encouraging news at this hour, two of those four boston firefighters have been released from the hospital. The driver that was involved in well right now. Were live in the back bay tonight, steve cooper, 7 news. As you can i
Thirdround pick. The 27 yerd was a secondround pick by the patriots in 2013. Of course, our sports director will have much more this evening, but for now in the newsroom, 7 news. Also on 7, morning mayhem today in boston. Businesses evacuated and streets shut down all because of a gas leak that broke out near bostons government center. Officials say contractors working in the area hit a gas main. Weve in boston with much more. I came up the street and was ke reporter of a rough start to the work week in Downtown Boston after a work crew struck a gas main near the intersection after 8 00 a. M. I was in the building about 8 00 one of the guys came up and said, everybody out of the building. We have been standing here ever since. Dozens of people to still to work and 40 court street are ordered to evacuate whether gas six street level businesses were impacted well. We have the presence of gas in those buildings. Danger to the area . Well, its outside, and its vented to the outside. Some o