5:00. >> ben: now at 5:00, four firefighters and another person hurt when a fire truck slams into an suv in boston's back bay. good evening, everybody. jc: they are all expected to be owe -- okay. todd kazakiewich is live in the back bay. reporter: jc and ben, we have good news to pass along. two of the injured firefighters have been released from mass general. as you can see com-ave has reopen this morning. >> you can hear the bang. reporter: it was a bang louder than engine seven sirens. the sound of a violent collision between this red su -- red suv and engine seven. as engine seven was rushing to a call, the lights are flashing and the sirens are blaring. >> they were responding and coming through the intersection. the driver of the vehicle came

the engine hit them and then moved off to the right hand side. reporter: at least 11 parked cars were hit. this heap of metal was a jeep, crushed by the weight of the fire truck. lisa simmons' saab was also totaled. >> what are you going to do? it is a car. it is a possession. it is not life or death. it will be fine. reporter: she got a call her on you de was damaged in the chain reaction crash of parked co i don't know what i am going to do, but have i to get it physicalled and i have to get a rental car. reporter: the impact also knocking down a tree on comm avenue. luckily no one was standing on the sidewalk. >> somebody could have been on the sidewalk. god was on our side and so thank god. it is a beautiful, fall day and no one died. reporter: as you can see there is a traffic camera directly above this intersection, but

tonight no chargeses against the driver, but the investigation is continuing. wcvb newscenter 5. >> ben: now to a gas leak that forced the evacuation of a couple of vehicles this morning. contractors are working and struck a gas pipe. everything was back to normal after noon. >> pats nio after they lost one of the best defensive players. >> ben: mike lynch joins us and what are you hearing about this? >> mike: two things come into play. the eye in the sky doesn't lie. we are talking about the camera lens and what bill belichick is seeing on him is not making him help. two, collins is an unrestricted free agent and the patriots have been unable

folks around the national football league are a bit shocked, but we have seen moves like this by belichick many times before. >> in the end we did what we thought was good for the football team. there are a lot of things to take into consideration and we could bring up points to talk about, but in the end that's the bottom line. >> is sign ability one of those points? >> you can bring up a lot of things and they all probably play into the conversation at ed:-- >> mike: we will tell you what they got at sick:00. jc: a teenager charged in an assault at a party. diane? reporter: jc, the victim's mother describes her son as a kind and caring teen and says she is tell in disbelief -- still in disbelief over what

ethan costello says he was a teen with hopes and dreams, but all of that was shattered. he was at a house party on boil ton when the victim accidentally stumbled into the defendant. >> the defendant admitted to other people when he was bragging he grabbed him into the throat and slammed him into the ground. reporter: others at the party took costello to the hospital, but there was a delay. there was a him being dragged out of the barn by three people. >> they actually started a fight to prevent him from being taken to the hospital, and ultimately he was taken to the hospital, but quite a bit of time passed. reporter: a number of teens were drinking at the party including the victim, but the investigation shows the suspect was not intoxicated at the time. castello had a traumatic brain

paints a different picture saying there was a push, but no one was thrown to the ground. >> unspeakable tragedy. the victim fell to the floor and it sooms that he hit his head, or that's what the evidence suggests will. reporter: the suspect has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. his attorney says there are talks on social media that suggest other people may have been fighting with the victim that night. the suspect's bail set at $10,000 cash with requirements that he wears a gps monitoring device on his arm if he posts bail. wcvb newscenter 5. jc: the driver of a school bus that crashed into a home in ken see last week that has been cited for negligence. he was behind the wheel of a bus when it crashed into a high drant, telephone pole,

several children were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. it is unclear what caused the crash. >> ben: a rape on campus when school was in session. the alleged attacker went before a judge. rhondella richardson was there. reporter: it happened near the footbridge in this parking lot just 1 feft yards from the brockton high school door. the accused rapist arrived in a silver mini-van with dark, tibt he is accused of raping a 19-year-old girl he met at his family's chinese new year party. they say the dj was texting the senior when they met. during school lunch he'ed the girl in his van. the alleged victim reported to a teacher and then police. >> she became more visibly upset and crying. she began to cry very hard. reporter: hundreds of students are outside during lunch. there are also surveillance

lunch. but there are usually teachers watching. >> i am so surprised and so scared. >> it is sad things like that happen in the school area. >> i am not surprised. reporter: after the alleged assault -- >> the victim did return to school with a rose and a small grocery bag with a sandwich. reporter: his texting continued during the school day. >> the text messages consisted of sorry, i miss you, are you okay and then asked if she is mad at him and reporter: he was ordered held on $20,000 bail. >> he says he has text messages from the alleged victim that will prove his innocence. reporter: the super inen 10 dent -- the superren 10 dent said it was isolated and no other students were at risk. rhondella richardson, wcvb newscenter 5. jc: we have a live look at the city.

layer up under those costumes. harvey: good advice, but of course you always give your kids good advice. it is another example. it is a great evening to have some fun. the skies are clear and the winds are a little bit of a factor. they are eight to 15 miles an hour, but with each hour the winds are decreasing so there won't be a significant factor. all areas north and west of boston are in the 40s and we have not got to sunset. south of of boston it is in the upper 40s and the low 50s. boston being an urban area the temperatures wil gradually so it will be about 45 at 9:00 p.m. once you get outside the city with the clear skies and the light winds it will be as chilly as the upper 30s by 9:00 p.m. that's the story with tonight's weather. boy changes are coming midweek and others later in the week. let's cover that in a little while. >> ben: sky 5 over mass pike on this first day of commute since the transition to open tolling. they made a lot of headway

neck coal burley -- nicole is live with a check on traffic. how is it going, nicole? reporter: this first true test of open tolling happened to fall on halloween. it turned out to be a surprisingly pleasant treat. the first test of open following and it appears the commuters and mass dot get an a. the monday morning commute is not the nightmare the public anticipated. >> didn't even notice it. it was good. >> i this morning went really well. the real credit went to the traveling public. the message has been heard at least for this morning's commute. reporter: a 10% reduction in traffic along the pike meaning drivers leaving earlier or later taking alternate routes. although the highway administrator does acknowledge another factor may have come into play today.

today is halloween and ridership was down. >> meaning tuesday may look different from today so plan accordingly. >> do anything you did today to lessen the roads it would be appreciated if you continue that behavior. reporter: so out he things are running smoothly both be and westbound. coming up, we'll give you an update on the toll plaza demolition and how things are looking good in that aspect as wcvb newscenter 5. >> ben: let ea look at the first alert traffic. there is the pike as you head toward newton corner. you can see the traffic is stacked up. those are commuters leaving downtown boston. let's see how the drive times are around the region. let's go to the pike and you can see in the newton corner vicinity and from 93 to the western tolls, 38 minutes. once you clear the construction zone at the tolls

down to the construction zone at route 9. let ea go to the expressway and that's half an hour on the upper deck to 128 it is 39 minutes and on 495, look at that. we have an accidenty stacking up 495 southbound so be alert if you are headed in that direction this evening. >> commitment 2016 and the fbi's new e-mailis the justice department promising a quick review. newscenter 5's eye -- aixa diaz has more. >> hilly clinton's use of a -- hillary clinton's use of a private server gets new life on the campaign trail. they discovered new e-mails with possible class pied information. >> what looks like an increasingly close election it could have an impact.

are reacting to comey's announcement. >> it took a lot of guts. i december agreed with him and i was not his fan. what he did was bring back his rep pew us ta. >> and clinton is on the offensive. >> now thisy will reach the e-mails of one of my staffers and they will reach the same conclusion. there is no case here. >> i think she has done the right thing in being forthright about it and taking it on head on saying fbi, release what you have. reporter: george washington university professor says wheel early polls suggest the new development isn't changing too many votes, trump could get a bounce from some conservatives who were skeptical about the gop nominee. what it does do about the republicans who were not enthusiastic about voting for trump is it once again reminds them about what they don't like about the clintons. >> reporter: both campaigns

states. trump holding rallies in michigan and clinton in ohio. >> ben: up next, opioid poisoning. the alarming statistics involving young people and accidental ingestion. jc: and the ending of a week-long search in oklahoma. >> ben: and witnesses describe

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violent rampage that left two people dead and he live streamed his eggs same -- his escape. law enforcement finally caught up with him. reporter: law enforcement wasting no time responding to a call from a farmer -- >> we were able to get units in the vicinity fairly quickly. reporter: who reported seeing this suspected it killer, michael vance, near a river in western oklahoma. >> and as they encountered him, that's when it he was on the run for a week injured. >> wow, i'm really hurt. reporter: posting this on facebook last sunday after shooting two officers. and then he bragged and was live streaming his escape. >> i had -- i have to steal another car, like right now. it will be intense. reporter: and then he went on to carjacking and shooting three other people and also accused of brutally murdering

>> we are glad and thankful it is over with and no one else was injured. jc: we learned a police officer was wounded in the shoulder in the shootout and at last check the officer is in the hospital being treated, but his injuries are not life-threatening. >> ben: 5 on the opioid crisis. an increase of kid hospitalized because of the crisis. there was a 205% increase in children ages 1 to 4 from 1987 to 2012. was 165%. researchers from yale who worked on the study say more access to opioids is driving up the number of accidental ingestions and over doses. jc: italy's premiere is looking for housing of those who were destroyed by a series of powerful quakes. three struck in the past four days. you can see the destruction here. one registered 6.6.

decades. no deaths or serious injuries were reported. that's mostly because the area was closed off because of damage caused by a quake in august. >> ben: a lot of ghosts and goblins and superheros and princesses and -- harvey: to say the least. >> ben: and everything else will be out there so be careful. harvey: and it is getting dark and you have leaves on the ground and a lot of kids running around sove >> ben: and it rained yesterday so it could still be slippery. harvey: you're right, especially on the leaves. you can see the temperatures, 40s and 50s. what is important is the rate that it goes down. this was early this morning when it was in the 30s and the low 40s. the breeze has been a bit active and it has been a cool you autumn-like breeze.

sunset. 49 degrees and the city has a 15 mile per hour winds. quite light over the interior and it allows them to drop over the interior as well. we are in the 40s no rt and west of boston right around a 50 to the south of boston. you can see the temperatures drop and that's the airport a thousand feet up. in a case like will cool quicker. places like norwood, taunton and new bedford we will be in the upper 30s by 9 to:00. it is a quick temperature drop outside of the city and into the upper 30s or so. later on tonight, some of the cool spots will be frost early tomorrow morning. you may have to do a little scraping if your car is outside and then it will be similar to the readings we had

afternoon. all you have to do is take a look at the middle of the country. this milder air is on the way. we won't feel the effects tomorrow. it should last most of thursday. it is early november and consider it a little mild bonus. there is only so much more we can have. there is high cloudiness without west. we will see a few clouds and we will take the tradeoff because it will be a lot milder than tomorrow. chilly high pressure right over us tonight. it begins to drift on shore tomorrow, but the wind are still light. it is really on wednesday and it will help import the milder air from the midwest into our region. you can see the skieses clear into tuesday. tomorrow we have a lot of

high cloudiness around and that's a great day to be outdoors. it is very mild. thursday looks mealed too. there is a significant cold front approaching and it could touch off a band of showers or downpours or even i'm bedded thunderstorm and that will move from west to east through the region. once it does so there will be an uh property temperature drop. there is some suggestion of a disturbance way offshore that could throw a little moisture back near the coast. if it did it may be chilly enough for a few flush -- flurries or showers. i wouldn't be too concerned with that at this point. you have your mealedder weather in here and that's for sure. you will see that even though it is cloudy on wednesday i want you to know the temperatures will be in the 60s. don't be shocked if a few

degrees, at least flirt with 70 degrees. i know that's not something that would disturb jc. >> why would it? >> ben: spectacular, actually. jcvc up next in your health treating peanut allergies. >> ben: it is a simple skin patch that could help the most severe sufferers. jcvc -- jc: rising prices on prescription coming up, ben has your back on how to keep the costs down. >> ben: i always have your back. and up next at 6:00, the back. and up next at 6:00, the special gift they got. massachusetts has many great public schools, and we took it for granted that our kids would go to great public schools. but some kids aren't so lucky. where they live, they don't go to a great school, and they have no choice. imagine if your kids were trapped in a failing school. public charter schools give parents a choice

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half -- study shows half of those treated with the patch could increase the amount of peanuts they could eat before having a reaction. children ages four to 11 benefited the most. the pop is not yet approved by the fda. >> ben: interesting. now to digital distractions. all of the screen time could be hurting your child's sleep. mobile devices, tablets and other digital gadgets distracting during the day, but they could also be causing yours night. researchers in the uk reviewed the evidence looking at 20 studies involving 1 would 5,000 kids and -- 125,000 kids and their device use. they looked at the use of the devices around bedtime and inadequate sleep, poor sleep quality and sleepiness. there are big implications for the health of children and teens who use these devices at night. current estimates say 72% of all children and ate 9% of

media device such as a smartphone or tablet. and skimping on sleep over time can have detrimental effects on young minds and growing bodies. >> ben: if your kids use digital devices be careful about the devices when it comes to bedtime. putting them into sleep mode at night may help your kids get a little sleep. jc: two versions of a popular well loved cookie recalled. >> ben: do you love jc: yes. >> ben: the allergy concerns regarding oreo products. construction workers knocked into the ground. the investigation into a work

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spy -- from boston's news leader this is >> ben: this fire truck crash in the back bay. engine 7 was responding to a call with lights and sirens on and somehow collided with that suv and then the truck hit about 10 other cars. how it happened is now under investigation. jc: a 15-year-old has now deed after being beaten at a house party.

the floor during the underage drinking party on friday. he pled not guilty to assault charges and those charges will likely be upgraded. >> ben: a patriot star being shipped out of foxborough. collins has been traded to the cleveland browns for a third round draft pick. they were unable to sign collins to a contract extension. jc: and ben's daughter is going as >> ben: and yours are going as little bo peep? jc: and i am crazy about this stuff so they have 10 layers on. they better have 10 layers on. harvey: the wind are still around 8 to 15 miles an hour and they are calming down. temperatures are in the 40s a is we start the trek or treat hours off -- trick or