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It was very scary. Reporter sky 7 hd pretty good look at crash scene moments after a fully loaded dump truck from hammond dump services crashed into a house in medford. Reporter for some reason, according to the witness who saw what happened, the truck driver just miss as woman crossing the street into an oncoming car that plows into a utility bowl before the truck barrels into the concrete foundation of the house. I grabbed the phone. I ran with the phone in my hand to call the elder man who wa...

Then turned his back briefly. About an hour later he noticed the major they collected money to Fund Research for Childrens Cancer was gone. It is a good cause. It is sad. Reporter local shopper joanne avery takes it very personally. I am a cancer patient. And so i have a passion for people that collect money to causes like that. Reporter they say he is a fully employed nurse. He turned himself into police today with a little urging. Apparently his mother saw his picture on tv and she saw him and...

Able to start the train so he was cleared to undertake a bypass which basically means the control center will send a signal to the train to make it move without the operator having to press anything. But he got off the train and thats when it took off without him. There were 50 passengers on board at the time. And were told that it was only about a nineminute ride and then everybody was able to get off safely. The t saying we failed our passengers today. Theyre launching major investigations. Th...

This is gonna be just rain from the get go, ushering in warm and somewhat humid air. Temps right now in the 50s. The city at 50 degrees, norwood at 55, and you head farther south and the numbers jump into the 60s. Washington d. C. At this time at 63. So well have warm air on the way overnight tonight. Temperatures tomorrow heading for the upper 60s with a lot of clouds. But we are done with the steady rainfall before daybreak tomorrow. And at this time Christmas Eve and Christmas Day looking war...

Citizen and were not going to pursue the matter. Reporter and neither is sandy. Are you still mad at him . I forgive him. Its christmas. Sandy in good spirits and says the suspect now has the Christmas Spirit back with him after his good deed when he decided to return the lights. Though, she admits she was a little freaked out when she saw the video of him right up on her front porch. Thats the latest live here in lindh, chris anderson, 7news. In dorchester, another family has their Christmas Li...

Traffic again at a standstill on route 128. Look at all those up for miles. State Police Warning people right now. They expect lanes will hours. Frustration and the delays for all the evening. Were going to keep you effect your travels throughout the evening. For now im live in the news room. You have to imagine some people are leaving a little early for the for more on how this accident is impacting roads across the Greater Boston area, lets check in with joe stapleton. Taking a look at route 1...

The ringleader of last weeks attacks. Really it was explosion. We could feel the building really shake. A man reportedly shot by a Police Sniper and a woman was blown up. Officials say their weapons show they were ready. I would like to give my sincere congratulations to the Police Involved in the raid who intervenes an extremely courageous way in the framework ois hollande says the raid shows his country is in fact at war. At war against terrorism, which itself has decided to bring war to us. R...

He was dressed in a red coat and a santa hat. If a kid sees santa try to steel a baby carriage like theyre going to think, santa is bad. Santa. Police say pru is in more trouble now because of his criminal history. He also violated a bail order after an arrest last month. Also on 7, trapped and in trouble. A driver forced to abandon his car as a Freight Train barrels right towards him. The parent tick people rushing over to try and save him. Reporter the clamor of rushing metal from a car scream...

The massacre is not clear. Pete it is possible that this was terrorist related. But we dont know. Its also possible that this was workplace related. Reporter police say farouk left the Health Department Christmas Party at the Inland Regional Center and came back with his wife malik. The two sprang automatic weapon fire that killed 14 and injured 21 then leaving three remote controlled pipe bombs that never wept off. There was obviously a mission here. We dont know if this was the intended target...

Sean collier. He was sentenced to time served by judge mark wolf here at federal court. Clearing the way for his prison. Silva who went to high school in cambridge with convicted marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev testified at his trial back in march. Silva struck a deal with prosecutors in exchange for a lighter sentence. Prosecutors recommended silva serve 18 months behind bars. Silva was arrested months after the bombing and leaded guilty to giving dzhokhar the pistol used to shoot and kill of...