ben: breaking news at 5:00, a woman is injured after she got trapped between two cars in a -- jc: the investigation into how this happened. ben: the murder suspect who streamed his getaway on facebook and the potential health scare he is causing. >> i will show you where there is a freeze warning, and tracking snowflakes. >> from boston's news later, 5:00. ben: breaking news at 5:00, a woman is injured after she got trapped between two cars in a crash. good evening, i'm ben simmoneau. jc: i'm jc monahan. it happened this afternoon on warren street in waltham. that's where we find newscenter 5's john atwater. john: police are in the process of towing the cars away but you can see the extensive damage to

woman is in the hospital with serious injuries outside a convenience store. we'll show you the feview, the woman got pinned. witnesses -- the man that owns the sedan felt the impact, and was able to prove the car rw woman. police say a watertown woman went in the blue jeep that caused this crash. a five-year-old of the car was also injured, although the injuries are minor. right now police are still trying to determine what caused this woman to ram into this whi te jeep. john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5. ben: right now, five people are recovering after this bus crash in quincy.

newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat is live in quincy with an update. johnshaun: you can see that the school bus is still stuck in the side of the house. what caused the chain reaction crash is still being investigated. no one was inside when the bus clouds -- when the bus plowed through. the kids are still shaken up. hospital, and the woman in the bus and suv were also taken to the hospital. the school bus lost control and hit a telephone pole, hit the suv, then slammed into the side of the house. neighbors say they have been complaining about this curve, saying that drivers often speed and lose control.

shaun: police do not know what caused the bus driver to lose control, but will test him for alcohol and drugs, normal procedure after a school bus accident. national grid is here waiting to fix the broken telephone pole, and as you can see, the area remains closed as police continue to investigate. shaun chaiyabhat, wcvb newscenter 5. life-threatening injuries after this crash in egleston square. boston police on the scene on washington street this afternoon. the crash is under investigation right now. jc: right now a son is charged in the murder of his father. investigators were at the home they shared in dedham this morning. newscenter 5's todd kazakiewich was in the courtroom for the -- and joins us live. todd: this happened in the middle of the night and right

crew is still on scene. family members are distraught, but this is not the first time their son has attacked the father. >> you are charged with murder. the court will enter a not guilty plea on your behalf. todd: 25-year-old alexander anderson showing little reaction as the evidence against him is presented during his arraignment in dedham district court. prosecutors say he admits to attacking his sleeping father, paul anderson, murdering him in the middle of the night here in the home they shared at 62 lower police say the son called 911 around 2:00 a.m., right after the vicious assault. >> officers who responded saw mr. paul anderson on the floor at the bottom of the stairs, suffering from numerous wounds to his head, neck, and face. todd: alex anderson is taken into custody, waives his miranda rights, and then confesses to the crime. >> and during this statement, he did admit to his father aggravating him, recently, and

decided to go into his father's bedroom. todd: the inside of the home so gory, a crime cleanup crew shows up this afternoon. investigators say after initially stabbing, choking, and punching his father, alex anderson admits going to get a deadly weapon. >> at some point, he left the room, went downstairs, and retrieved a hammer from a kitchen drawer, and then used the hammer to strike his father's head a number of times. and then mr. anderson admitted that he then threw his father down the stairs, and then -- the stairs. todd: he was rushed to norwood hospital where he was pronounced dead. we are saved a copy of a restraining order he took out against his son. details on that ahead at 6:00. talk toben: nicole certainly ard with a vengeance today, all across the region.

-- harvey: we heard from some people in worcester who saw snowflakes. its worcester county, the elevated areas. you can see the green showing sprinkles and pink or magenta showing mix. it's that so little bit of moisture is coming down. here are the wind gusts adding to the chilly temperatures. it feels like it is 32 right now in worcester. boston will drop into the 30's, and a couple miles back from the

have the freeze warning in effect across eastern parts of southeastern massachusetts. a little strip of rain, but when he gets here sometime before thursday, it could lead to some snowflakes. we will talk about it coming up. jc: a disturbing surprise for a mother and daughter in new hampshire -- a toy vending machine giving out prescription education. it happened in rochester. rochester house of pizza has removed the vending machine. the owner says he has no idea how the drugs ended up inside it. >> we went over and i put the quarters in and she got to toys -- the third one came out. >> one of them was blood pressure medication and the other was a kidney stone medication. jc: police are looking at surveillance to see if anyone

is pleading guilty to cheating more than one million people. james merrill is accused of cheating nearly one million people out of $1.8 billion through the company telexfree. the company sold internet telephone service. ben: commitment 2016, hillary clinton and donald trump are focused on florida today but millions there have already made up their minds. more than 1.6 million people in the sunshine state voted early. another 1.3 million have mailed in ballots. shows us the campaigning there today. marymary: in must win florida, early voting is underway, and both candidates are making final pitches. >> who believe that women and girls should be treated with respect, who believe that marriage equality should be

come out. mary: clinton, who holds a slim lead in florida according to recent polling, also warned voters to take nothing for granted. >> it is going to be a close election, pay no attention to the polls. don't get complacent. mary: meanwhile, trump also keeps telling voters they can't believe the polls, because the whole system is rigged, claiming obamacare is proof. >> you can keep your plan, your doctor your doctor, he lied. mary: during a stop at his golf course in florida trump praised his employees and their diversity. >> 80% are hispanic. mary: ed brought a few on stage to praise him.

i empower trump. >> and i didn't pay you to say that, right? >> absolutely not. mary: he says that>> i'm a latit this man because he deserves it. i empower trump. >> and i didn't pay you to say o interest in a trump tv media venture, saying he is only interested in winning on november 8. jc: it's a tight race for senate in new hampshire. new numbers show republican kelly ayotte leading democrat maggie hassan, but it's just three points. that's within the margin of error. ayotte the incumbent has 46% in the new umass amherst poll ahead of challenger governor hassan with 43%. 8% were undecided. the poll also found 46% of likely voters believe hassan has run a more negative campaign, campaign is more negative. ben: and taking a look at first alert traffic. there's the expressway headed out of trout -- headed out of town. still an average of 30 minutes heading toward the split. north out of town it is 35 minutes.

from the coals to 495 it is 40 minutes. just seven minutes from the pike up to 290. a major decision in the volkswagen emissions scandal. jc: coming up on newscenter 5 at 5:00, what the decision means for vw owners who have one of the cars involved. ben: new guidelines from the vatican about cremation. the way the catholic church wants you to handle ashes. jc: a startling new statistic about cancer and smoking. the number of cases now connected to lighting up. ben: new at 5:30, the lifts are running at one new england ski area. the celebration as skiing got

jc: it's day two of a massive manhunt across oklahoma for a murder suspect who live streamed his getaway on facebook. ben: police say michael vance tried to cut off the heads of his aunt and uncle and shot four other people. tonight, he could be anywhere. today, a statewide manhunt now involving the fbi and u.s. marshals for this suspected murderer. >> he was loaded, ready to go. wounded by the alleged killer michael vance. vance, a suspect on the run wanted for murdering his aunt and uncle in a small town outside of oklahoma city, armed with an ak-47 after the run-in with police, he takes off in their patrol pick up livestreaming his getaway on facebook. >> wow, that really hurt. see, i'm bleeding where the police shot me. ben: he allegedly goes on to shoot three other innocent

so i got down, but i'd already been shot. ben: vance steals a car. >> he's got an assault rifle. he tells us to get out of the car. ben: then another. >> i'm about to steal another car like right now. this is going to be intense. ben: leaving behind a trail of terror. >> right there's where the bullet went in. ben: this man waking up to gunfire finding his friend in a pool of blood. >> i hate it, but at least the lord didn't let him get killed. facebook in 24 hours, so police say it's possible he could be dead or incapacitated from being shot by police. but police stress he also could be anywhere by this point, and the wanted poster warns he has a medical condition he may be trying to spread. jc: to your economy this tuesday. a federal judge has approved volkswagen's $15 billion buyback plan in response to its emissions scandal. the company is set to start buying back cars from affected owners next month. the deal marks the largest auto-scandal settlement in u.s.

deliberately rigging its emission systems to dodge standards. it still faces billions more in fines and possible criminal liability for the fraud. ben: the top-selling pickup truck in the country coming out on the bottom in a recent headlight test. the insurance institute for highway safety's latest headlight ratings giving ford's f-150 multiple poor ratings on both its halogen and led headlights. the study looked at the effectiveness of the headlights in 11 different 2016 and 2 only one pickup truck, the 2017 honda ridgeline, earned a top rating of good. jc: let's let mother nature show us how it is done. that's how you spread the light. ben: it looks like fall. jc: it does. and you no, chilly. ben: breezy, too.

aback by the inspirational words of jc as she described the light. i like that. [laughter] harvey: amidst all the laughter, we can show you what it's like in worcester -- we had a couple reports from worcester, sterling, with a few snowflakes in the air. remember, the airport is 1000 feet up. that is indicative of the chilly air. we have a few schools in the mountains of vermont, new hampshire, maine. then the numbers go back up and we have some wind -- isn't that beautiful?

ready to jump into the 30's and it already feels like it is at the freezing mark in worcester. it will drop to the freezing envelope away from the immediate shoreline. the wind will be down some mixing in with high temperatures . it will take a while for that to get here but this little strip of moisture -- i want to give you an idea of how it will pan out. it really settles over us tomorrow night to make it past tomorrow and then the precipitation approaches.

enough so i'm not expecting much in the way of snow. you may get some slow or sneak in the berkshires and then the further north you go, the better chance you will have some accumulation. we may wind up with a snowstorm before all is said and done. here you can see the clear skies, the winco and that could be the case into thursday morning. then the clouds will move in from the west. starting out as snow around the berkshires later on. it should begin around the time of the evening commute. then you see it lifting to the north as the mild ocean air

in. we could see some small accumulation, higher terrain, but nothing close to boston. let's check it out for the next several days. thursday, eventually it turns on. just enough wind for the cool temperatures to feel like the 20's. it is going to be pretty chiy. system significant rainfall -- we could average about an inch and it looks like it should be fairly widespread. then we will get some improving weather with a chilly, average to below average temperature

ben: the vatican says no more scattering of ashes. jc: the church published new guidelines today for catholics who want to be cremated. it says ashes need to be stored in a sacred, church-approved location like a church or cemetery, not kept at home, and not scattered. the guidelines also say ashes should not be divided among family members. the catholic church did not allow cremation until 1963 and says burial is still preferred. ben: doctors the guidelines also say ashes should not be divided among family members. say women are closing a gender gap. jc: but it may not be a good thing. coming up, changes in the way they drink. ben: and you will meet a student in natick who was overcoming her health challenges. jc: then experiences in the voting booth.

voting. what she thinks of this wild 2016 race. imagine if your child were trapped in a failing school. imagine if your child couldn't read or write at grade level. imagine if your child were stuck on a waiting list. 32,000 kids want to go to a public charter school. but they can't. if you like your public school, question 2 won't affect you. but for kids stuck in failing school districts, question 2 will let parents choose something better and give all our kids hope.

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use new hampshire deserves better. that's why i'm batting for good-paying jobs, to protect social security and medicare... ...and help families pay for college... i approved this message because no matter what they're throwing at me... i'll never stop fighting for you. jc: your health tonight, taking a look at the gender gap in alcohol use. historically, men have been 12 times more likely to drink alcohol, but researchers now say women are catching up with drinking and the risks that come with it. here's dr. timothy johnson. >> gentlemen, it seems you have

less. your research suggests women may be catching up to you when it comes to rates of alcohol consumption which has some worried about the effect on women's health. a team of researchers looked back at dozens of studies tracking the differences between men and women and how they drink , finding that over the decades, women's patterns of consumption are becoming more like men. how much they drink at how often, whether they developed thinking problems, and if they end up in treatment. been getting smaller but the biggest changes have happened and women born after 1966. this all challenges the notion -- and could be a wake-up call that there are some kinds of a quality that are better avoided. ben: a startling number of cancer deaths in the united states have one thing in common -- smoking. the american cancer society finding that cigarettes contributes to more than 1 in 4

the rate is highest among men in southern states where smoking is more common. while smoking rates have been falling, the cdc says smoking is the top cause of preventable deaths across the country. jc: coming up, do information about the fatal wrong way crash. ben: one -- what we are learning. jc: mumps cases are showing up on the campus of the university of new hampshire. the new health warning for students and staff. rhett, is getting involved in the world series. the good luck charm he sent to

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this price is so low. me eat my greens? no, just trying to save you some green. whaaat?! thousands of blue tags. stop & shop. >> this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. ben: right now at 5:30, quincy police are searching for a cause of this school bus crash. five students and two adults are recovering from their injuries. the bus hit an suv, fire hydrant, and utility pole before slamming to a home on quarry

jc: a woman is seriously hurt from this chain reaction crash in waltham. police say she was walking between cars when one was we rented and slammed into the other. warren street is still blocked off. ben: a man being held without bail accused of murdering his father. alexander's and attacked his father while he slept inside the house they shared. cold when the radar goes from all green to multiple colors. harvey: true. ben: shades of white and pink we don't like. harvey: you are right. there are snow showers going on. we have several reports from worcester county of a few flurries that will come to an end this evening. but it is pretty chilly to