crash on a busy street. what we are learning about the pilot who survived. >> breaking news on the south end, police on the scene of a reported sexual assault. >> a hospital patient steals an ambulance and takes it on a joy ride only stopping police say when he hit a cruiser. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz news at 11:00. >> a deadly plane middle of a busy street. the wreckage burst into flames. the pilot was just learning to fly and somehow avoided a van and office building moments before crashing. >> and other drivers. the plane went down on a main street. wbz is live in east hartford for us now. you just got new information from police. >> that's right, the remnants

nearby flight crew still live behind this power crews behind me. in that news conference, policeconfirm one man is dead and another man crawled from the wreckage. >> crews now work to restore power to the area where a small plane crashed in a ball of fire. investigators revealing tuesday night the twin engine plane took off with two men from nearbybrainerd airport. only one survived. >> he is expected to investigators and speaking with detectives. >> i just saw the plane on its side. it wasn't flying straight at all. it was on its side. i saw it dip and i was like that hit the ground. >> just before 4:00, witnesses say the small piper pa-34 careened into the main street and burst into flames taking telephone poles and wires with it. cell phone video and photos capturing the horrific aftermath. >> i saw the flames of what i assume were the remains and

power box and it was smoking too, so there were transformers down, wires down. >> witnesses say the plane narrowly missed this white van traumatizing the people inside. thankfully, they were not hit, but they were brought to the hospital. >> always tragic when we have an incident such as this, but it could have been a lot worse. >> we know the "new york times" is reporting that federal investigators are looking into whether this crash was intentional. we also just heard a short me be shutdown for a few days while the fbi and the ntsb and local law enforcement try to figure out what happened here. we're live in east hartford, connecticut. >> we are following breaking news happening in the south end. you can see a heavy police presence as they investigate reports of a sexual assault. it happened near clarendon and columbus. we are on scene with the latest information from police.

short time ago they are investigating a report of a sexual assault. this is in the area of clarendon street in columbus in the south end. on scene, we have seen police going in and out of the residence on clarendon street take photos of the door, mailboxes here and a second entrance inside as well as going upstairs and taking photos up there as well. they have gone into this building with evidence bags. we've seen them going in and out and they have been here for several hours. at this point we don't have a lot of details, but, again, we o of a sexual assault against a woman inside this building and as soon as we get more information, we will bring it to you. for now, wbz news. >> stealing an ambulance, police say a hospital patient took it then crashed into an officer's cruiser and that patient was at came bridge hospital when he apparently jumped in the front seat and took off. we're live in came bridge --

last long fortunately. >> not very long. just a mile or so. it began just after 5:00 this afternoon just outside the e. r. here at came bridge hospital. -- cambridge hospital. police say the suspect had been living in a local homeless shelter. >> and the squad car pulls in front of the ambulance right beside me and i'm like, oh, this is interesting. >> he was walking near his apartment on third street this evening when he witnessed an odd encounter between an officer and ambulance driver. >> i in a threatening way, he just said "you stole an ambulance." police say 48-year-old everett goss had just been treated at the hospital, strolled outside, hopped into an ambulance and drove off. apparently, it was either running or had the keys in it. ambulance owner pro ems quickly called for help. >> all units, all units on a general broadcast larceny of an ambulance from the cambridge hospital parking lot.

witnessed that officer questioning the ambulance thief. >> he seemed out of it like he didn't understand what the officer was saying, he didn't understand the situation, maybe he didn't understand what he had done. >> the surrender didn't go as smoothly as the officer had hoped because when goss took his foot off the brake, the ambulance leaped forward and crashe into my vehicle. >> he didn't cause any damage or injuries. >> the hospital and the ambulance company did not respond to our inquiries about policies for leaving the keys in ambulances out here. every receipt goss will be -- everett goss will be charged. >> there are new clues caught on camera that local police will hope will lead them to a deadly hit-and-run driver in

surveillance photos showing a silver or gray honda civic leaving the scene of the accident back in late september. the victim died at the hospital. if you recognize that car, you are asked to call state police. >> tonight, it's a community living in fear. a level three sex offender once sentenced to 190 years in prison is free and living in their neighborhood. worse still, no one seems to know where he is right now. wbz is live with the weymouth. >> richard gardener is supposed to be staying here at his parents' home. there has been no sign of him all day or night. residents are furious warning everyone that a convicted child rapist is living in a neighborhood full of young children. >> for nearly a week, this is a neighborhood that feels as if it's been held captive. residents say they had to find out on facebook that a level 3

child rapist and kidnapper just now out of prison had moved back in with his parents in weymouth. >> i'm picking my neighbors' kids up at the bus stop because no one wants to let their kids walk home. we bought in this neighbor because it's a safe one and awesome community. it's just sad. >> everybody is upset about it. i would too. you have three little boys over there, couple kids, a couple little girls next to me. >> flyers followed. we contacted the da ofmassachusetts and contacted the weymouth police, basically anyone and every that would hear us. >> richard gardner was in his early 20s when he was convicted of raining and kidnapping several boys in the late 1980s and sentenced to 190 years, but years later, he appealed and his sentence drastically shortened. last week, quincy police say he

>> people are scared. >> his neighbors are outraged. someone reportedly threw a rock through his parents' window. >> i don't think there's going to be a halloween. >> gardner will likely be summoned to court for violating that city ordinance. live in weymouth, wbz news. >> boston police want you to see these pictures. they say this man tried to sexual assault a woman inroxbury that happened saturday afternoon near e mission hill. the attacker is described as a hispanic male in his late 20s. >> temperatures falling. it's still 50 degrees out there. it won't be as cold tomorrow morning. here are pictures with us now -- eric is here with us now. >> it looks like this morning we started off in the 20s to low 30s and some places have dropped off a lot. norwood at 35. that airport is always a cold

temperatures should level off now as the clouds start to move in from the west, so chilly start tomorrow morning for sure. i don't think we'll see the 0s out the door. upper 30s at the bus stop. into the 60s tomorrow afternoon. it will be a nice rebound after that cold morning much like what we saw today. there's a look towards thursday. we are watching this front to the west. that brings us a chance for a few rainshowers, so at least a couple raindrops coming our way. we'll take a look at the timing for that in a few. >> thank a new national poll taken after this weekend to date shows hillary clinton up eight points over donald trump. tonight, he says the "shackles of off" as he is now trading haymakers with top republican leaders. during a florida rally today, trump pounced on the clinton campaign's hacked e-mails saying the e-mails reveal that even chelsea clinton thought there were conflicts of interest between the clinton foundation and the state department.

florida discussing climate change with former vice president al gore. she got the crowd going saying you can't vote for trump because he doesn't believe in climate change. >> four churches are suing the state over the transgender rights deal, but the legislation's fate may be up to voters. the law passed in july let's transgender people use bathrooms based on their identity. they say they have enough signatures to put a repeal of the law name, but say they have cited the 80-year-old man who drove the wrong way on the pike yesterday. he's facing a number ofviolations including neglect driving. state police say he drove actually about three miles heading westbound in the eastbound lanes. three drivers crashed trying to avoid him. he hit a barrier neu near new -- near newton.

shared solutions with boston city counselors today. how to -- councilors today. one idea bring in herding dogs that chase the beards out of parks and playgrounds. another get rid of some of the eggs. a third would involve enforcing the rule that keeps those from feeding them in boston park. >> i think we should teach themhow to use the bathroom. >> right over here. >> litter boxes everywhere. >> a dramatic scene unfolding on a busy gh officers took the suspect down during the rush hour commute. >> a local cop on the wrong side of the law tonight. officers say they were forced at that taiz him. >> a lot of people asking what is this? an explanation for the exploding men when we come back. artisan politicians shut down the government, i led the fight to reopen it. i've worked to find solutions to new hampshire's heroin epidemic.

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of traffic. you'll see the officer chase the man on to the highway, then use a stun gun to take him down. he was wanted for robbing a cole store in texas. he wasn't run over. >> a local officer finds himself on the wrong side of the law after police say they were forced to take him down with a taser. >> it happened during a dispute at his home. wbz has the story tonight from lowell. >> sergeant vincent fernando of stood before a judge tuesday nursing a black eye to face charges stemming from a domestic incident on sunday. police were called to his home in response to a brief 911 call placed by one of his children. according to court documents, the call ended abruptly and then yelling could be heard in the background during a call back. when police arrived, they noticed swelling under the eyes of both fernandez and his wife. his attorney argued during his

amute mutual -- motte wal alter -- mutual altercation at the time. he said you better have more than three cops here and you better do what you have to do. he resisted arrest when officers attempted to put him in handcuffs prompting police to take out their taser. they used it on him, but he shook it of o'and told officers -- off and told him officers to use it again. they did. they put handcuffs on him they had to taser him two more times to get him into the squad car. the sergeant remained silent. >> we have no excellent. >> according to his attorney, he's a 20-year veteran of lowell pd and released today on one condition that he stays away from home. reporting from lowell, wbz news. >> what's this? aren't you glad you asked? it's a public art project and

the 22 bright orange figures are bobbing symbolizing the immigrant history that makes boston so rich and the immigrantproblem around the world. >> each is representative of one million refugees worldwide. >> they are known as the safety orange swimmers and they are expected to be floating in four- point channel for the next six weeks and they just pop, don't they? >> becaura it? >> orange you glad you asked? [ laughter ] >> the king of puns. >> i love it. i love it. let's talk to eric about the weather and i guess we don't have to worry about the frost tonight. >> no. >> it looks like it will be cold, but most towns will avoid frost out there this evening and one thing this weather is great for is bringing on the foliage. these pictures have been mind blowing out of northern new england the last few days. this one from john rowe in westmore, vermont.

on fire. our e-mail inbox over the last couple of days, peeking across all of northern new england. with nights like this and bright, sunny days, around southern new england the foliage is starting to move forward over the next 5-7 days. temperatures tonight down to 39. pittsburgh at 33. norwood at 35. i mentioned it's usually a cold spot because it's at a lower elevation. right at the airport, cold air likes to sit in the lowest possible elevation like a cereal bowl, if you will. 38 degrees in taunton. with it will be a chilly morning tomorrow -- it will be a chilly morning tomorrow. clouds will provide a little insulation for and farther off toward the west it will bring us rainfall as we look toward thursday. as for tonight, a few temps mainly in the 30s to low 40s. chilly out the door tomorrow morning. once we get pass the cold start to the day, another nice,

sunrise at 6:54 and will be about 60 degrees. nice mix of sun and clouds. most towns well above the 60s as we end tomorrow afternoon and evening. it will end about south- southeast at 6-12. highs 67 in lawrence, 67 in norwood after the cold start, 62 in boston, rock port at 64 and new bedford around 66 for tomorrow. then, we head into wednesday. next front starts to approach. doesn't have a lot of moisture to work with, but we will see more cloud cover. likely a bit of drizzle or fog br band of showers moves through thursday evening. best chance of any rain will be on the northwest side of boston. right behind it, another cool and dry air mass will move back in as we look toward friday. as we look towards the rest of the workweek and into the weekend, temperatures where they should be. average high in boston 63 this time of year. we'll have some of the cold nights and cool afternoons, no big warmth or big cold in the forecast at all. a preview of the weekend. that is the cold to our east,

high pressure will be centered over new england on saturday which means a little less wind we are expecting on friday, bright sunshine and then on sunday some increasing cloud cover will start to move in from the west. it looks like these rainshowers might wait until sunday night into monday. for the patriots, tom brady returning home. cool, quiet, partly cloudy. high temp close to 63 degrees in foxboro. south of bermuda, if you have interested tr in bermuda, you want to -- interest in bermuda,o it's going to take a close pass early thursday morning and may become a category three hurricane. bermuda is a well fortified place. they handle hurricanes well. if it gets to cat 3, it could add to damage and heads further to the atlantic in the weekend. seasonal temperatures, chilly nights, cool days, quiet weekend and not too much rainfall. maybe some showers monday into tuesday. over to you. >> thank you.

will be back. >> what about david ortiz? yeah, we know he's retire tiring. -- retiring. could he return to the sox? a different role?

mr. -- bmw. test drive today or visit us. >> you've got to give them this. the red sox didn't waste any time. >> no, they made a definite decision today. >> right to the point. you get right to the point. being manager of the boston red sox is one of the toughest jobs in boston. not only are you under constant scrutiny, you get second- guessed on almost every move you make. despite going worst to first, fans have been calling for john farrell's head all year and got louder after the sox were swept by the cleveland indians. swift to make his decision informing farrell that he and his staff will return next season. he thought farrell did a good job and enjoyed working with him and said there's more to managing a team than just making decisions. >> i do not feel that ingame strategy is the biggest thick as a manager -- thing as a manager. i think it's important, but there are other things that i think are probably more important.

for a manager is that their club plays up to their capabilities day in and day out which means that they are communicating with their players and they are getting everything that they can and that means that their club is playing hard. you are not going to agree with the strategy all the time of anybody that is your manager. it's one of those things that comes with the territory. >> farrell no -- we know david ortiz played his final game last night. big papi is hanging them up. here is the question. will he stick around and perhaps work for the organization one day? dom brosky said he's all for it. >> david ortiz can have a job in this organization every time he wants. we'd love to have david ortiz as part of our organization. yes, he's going to be welcomed to do that. i know he has a lot of other opportunities. i'm hopeful that he'll remain with us. >> big papi's locker was still fuferl of items at -- full of items this afternoon at fenway park.

including david price. he faltered in the playoffs and now 0-8 as a starter in the postseason. it's a stain on his record that won't vanish until price turns things around. >> it happened for the last seven seasons, so it's -- i need to get it off my back. i know that. until i do, it's going to be a topic of conversation. i'm fully aware of that and if you don't like it, pitch it's frustrating for sure. the way that i work and just how i go about everything, i expect to have good results and especially at this time of year. that hasn't happened yet. i'm confident that it will in 2017. >> let's hope so. on to football. yes, on to cincinnati. the patriots had the day off today to get back to work tomorrow gearing up for sunday's home game with the bengals. cincinnati is 2-3 on the year. for a preview of the matchup, check out all access friday

wbz. as for sunday, we have it all covered for you beginning with patriots game day at 11:30, kickoff at 1:00 and followed by the postgame show. it should be a great day for tom brady making his home debut. guys, over to you. >> all right. thank you, steve. appreciate it. >> using comedy to go after a serious problem. >> next at 11:00, local police having some fun cracking down

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>> the chilly nights and nice, cool afternoons. tomorrow low 30s to low 40s. chilly start to the day. not as cold as what we saw earlier today. some towns were in the 20s. look across the next seven, it's steady eddie not too hot not too cold. >> you haven't been apple picking yet? >> not one apple yet. >> that's a welcome mat. >> 65 and sunny for brady >> should throw about 600 yards. it will be good. >> what do you think about farrell coming back? >> i'm all for it. a lot of people didn't expect sox to even make the playoffs and they finish with -- >> what about david price? >> what about him? >> oh, sorry. [ laughter ] >> great season. really liked it. >> he's got to step up and do a whole lot better. >> you can coach him. >> astro and enjoy -- >> it's cool.

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