now witnesses say it was a packed parking lot here on the thanksgiving eve. here is waltham's fire deputy chief. >> there was a lot of destruction but not much injuries to people, thank god. >> the reporter: so again, back out here live, we're being told the driver of that car was taken to the hospital. she is ok. she just finished grocery shopping. it's unclear why she kept backing up. we spoke to her brother and as for the man with the carriages once again, he is ok, he was taken to the hospital t witnesses at 6:30 p.m. live in waltham, malini basu, fox 25 news. >> mark: there is more breaking news tonight. a one-time prominent local defense attorney now facing charges himself. gary zarolla is charged with two counts of rape. he has been charged with sexual assault three other times. >> vanessa: you might have remember his name, because he was once named one of america's top 50 bachelor's by "people" magazine. fox 25's jacqui heinrich digging through the paperwork and has more now on the charges zarolla

literally hid behind his attorney, shielding himself from news cameras in court. this is the fourth time he's being tried for rape, three times he's been acquitted in the past. two cases in 2009 in boston, one case in florida. that same year. today's charges stem from a november 10th incident at around 6:00 a.m. in the morning, which authorities aren't revealing too many details about, except that zarolla and the victim new each other. zarolla was ordered not to leave the case, but left the state and went to florida where he is again accused of sexual assault. his attorney disagrees. >> there is absolutely no incentive for him to plea. he has the professional career, he's got his reputation and he's got no history of flight. >> the reporter: zarolla was ordered to wear a g.p.s. ankle bracelet. his rape case will be tried in january.

fox 25 news. >> vanessa: also breaking tonight, the state fire marshal's office tells fox 25, an elderly man is dead after a fire here in charlton. sky fox over the scene on barry connor road this afternoon. you can see firefighters and investigators surrounding a charred shed. right now, they're working to figure out how this fire started. the man has not been identified. >> mark: also breaking, a teenage driver hid a pedestrian in newburyport. the 76-year-old victim was flown to the hospital with serious injuries. sky fox flew over scene on state street this afternoon. police say the teenager was told, he is cooperating with investigators. we'll stay on top of all of these stories and bring you updates as we get them. >> vanessa: happening right now, millions of people are hitting the reads, the rails, and the runways, heading home for the holiday. it has been a slow go all over the boston area during the past few hours. >> mark: but things are starting to improve. and it looks a lot better than it did at this time last night. that's for sure. our crews are keeping a close eye on the trouble spots on the road, but we want to begin with

leaving in the morning, could be a different story, kevin. [inaudible] >> kevin: you'll hear me in just a second. clouds and rain, i want you to focus in what's happening out ahead of the main body precipitation. there's snow back into western p.a. and western new york. almost undoubtedly, we're going to have flurries here on the i want to talk about -- we're not talking about a snowstorm, but cold enough we'll see some of that activity and it will make shop stops a bit slippery. there may be grassy surfaces out to wells. it's 33 worcester and 31 orange right now. these temperatures sliding through 20's tonight and that storm moving in during thanksgiving morning. you're going to get flurries and drizzle at the coastline. it's just the wave the atmosphere is set up. any time warm air tries to dislodge cold air, it doesn't do

that's what we're not seeing. so just ahead, i'll show you the latest timeline on what the storm is going to bring to us and more shower activity through your weekend as well. >> mark: we have millions of people hitting road for the holiday. we are keeping a close eye on trouble spots. heather hegedus joins us with a live look at the roads. >> the reporter: i love bringing you good news, mark. take a look at all of this green on the map right here. what a difference a dave makes. last night at this time we were telling you about steady, heavy traffic. tonight, we're seeing the opposite, i think a lot of people didn't have to work because the usual trouble spots even for a week night commute, we're not seeing. route 1, the expressway, the pike all looking green. let's switch our vantage point and take a look west and south. again, out west on the pike an 495, all looking really good right now. a great time to head home. here's the live look at the expressway by the gas tank. you can receive traffic moving at a very reasonable speed and here are the live drive times. 15 minutes going from the tobin bridge to 128.

from the weston tolls to route 1. back to you. >> vanessa: we've seen pretty steady stream of traffic all day long, all over the state. fox 25's kathryn burcham live along the mass pike in framingham, and katherine, no one out there is going anywhere fast tonight. >> the reporter: well, drivers say that they knew that they were traveling during the busiest window of time today, but they stay that didn't stop them from getting behind the wheel. >> i'm coming from portland, maine and i'm headg miles trek was filled with the flash of brake lights. >> i just wanted to go and i tried getting out a little earlier, but i didn't have get up early enough and her time. >> he can't say he wasn't warned. massdot told drivers to expect major construction along pike and interstates as drivers took advantage of clear weather conditions and low gas prices. >> you're not going very fast. took me about twice as long, just to go from walpole to lincoln. >> the reporter: the worst of it this afternoon, as those trying

>> they're bumper-to-bumper from boston to here. >> the reporter: by the time darkness fell, the choke-hold on boston's arteries had loosened with drivers counting the miles between here and home. >> it's been a mess. heavy traffic, but a couple hours less an we'll be home, ready to eat turkey. as you can see here behind me, traffic now moving along at an excellent clip, so that's great news if you waited until now to hit the road. we als airport and things moving smoothly there as well. we're live in framingham, kathryn burcham, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: if you are traveling by train, amtrak says it's ready for its busiest week of the year. more trains have been added to the schedule, as well as extra cars to hold more passengers. amtrak spokesperson told fox 25 today, there are still tickets available for last-minute travelers. >> you know, with records amount of people expected to hit the roads this clear, you know, our advice is hey, skip the traffic and take the train.

people are expected to take the train to and from their thanksgiving destination. >> mark: dangerous night on duty for boston police officers. we are learning more about the pan accused of dragging two of the officers down the street and hitting more with his car. 34-year-old vincent weeks is facing charges after police say he tried to run them down with his vehicle. fox 25's jason law is live in dorchester and this suspect has been in trouble many times before. >> the reporter: yeah, he has a lo c show you that in just a second. police officers didn't know what to expect. i just knew early this morning, they got a report of somebody with a gun here in this section of dorchester and this morning, they say when they confronted the suspect, he took off in his car, dragging two officers with him. vincent weeks is accused of dragging two officers and hitting two others in an attempt to escape from police. court records show the 34-year-old dorchester man has a criminal record going back to 2005 with drug convictions involving heroin and an assault

which weeks was found guilty of pistol whipping a woman during a night. wednesday morning, when police say they ordered weeks out of his car, he fought with officers and drove off. the struggle happened in front of a bar on corner of stoughton and columbia road in dorchester. two officers were dragged 20 feet before they were thrown into the street. police say, weeks then hit two more officers before getting away. >> this is the police radio call, made seconds after those officers were hurt. >> we got a car that just hit a police officer vehicles, on columbia road. what kind of a car is it? >> it's silver. i can't tell. >> all right. >> it's a chevy. >> all right. silver chevy. >> the reporter: and weeks was on the run for about nine and a half hours today. he was arrested by boston police around 10:30 p.m. he is charged tonight with four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. he's due in court friday morning. live in dorchester, jason law, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: new at 6:00 p.m.,

killed a 60-year-old man in his own home. todd downing was found before 2:00 a.m. this morning at a home on at well hill road in wentworth. that is on the western edge of the white mountains. he died a short time later at a local hospital. investigators say he suffered several blunt force injuries. a local police chief suddenly stepping down, he is reportedly part of an investigation into illegal background checks. the "lowell sun" says, townsend police chief robert eaton resigned last night. town official turn over information about department-run background checks on civilians, but refused and turned in his badge. no comment from the chief or the town tonight. >> mark: new at 6:00 p.m., the judge today denied an emergency request to stop the closing of the proudy government in boston hospital. the lawsuit was filed by a group of healing garden supporters. the hospital is closing the garden to make room for a billion dollar expansion. a lawyer for the supporters said all eyes are now on the hospital.

court. what are they going to do between now and when this case is heard. >> mark: hospital's attorney said the garden is now closed. the preparations are underway for construction. she added, delaying expansion could cost nearly $2 million a month. >> the boston police take on the bruins alumni team tonight here in east boston. it's a game to benefit the two officers some here last october. our preview of tonight's game straight ahead. >> kevin: tracking that storm coming out of the plains states and into our end of it. it won't be a lot but could be enough to cause problems thanksgiving morning. >> their product is exceptional and i'm just glad they're back on their feet. >> they are definitely thriving today. >> the reporter: they lost 7,000 turkeys in the fire, but bob's turkey farm is able to turn it around. how they're making a

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>> vanessa: we continue to follow breaking news out of waltham, where a person was hit by a car outside the hannaford supermarket. a woman was backing her car out of a parking spot when she hit a worker who was collecting carts. that worker and the driver were rushed to the hospital. our crews are still on scene gathering new information. we'll have an updated live report for you at 6:30 p.m. now here's heather hegedus with a quick look at our live drivetime traffic. >> the reporter: we have good

traffic moving really well considering this is one of the busiest travel times of the year. 13 minutes right now from the ted williams tunnel, the weston tolls, 23 minutes right now from the alston brighton tolls to 495 and 55 minutes from alston brighton to 84. >> mark: thanksgiving tradition almost went up in flames. the summer fire at bob's turkey farm killed more than 7,000 turkeys, but tonight the farm is back open for business. somehow, they were able to turn things around and be ready for they're gobbling it up. >> they sure are. >> fox 25's robert goulston live in lancaster, where he talked to a man started the business more than 60 years ago. >> the reporter: this farm has been stuffing families on thanksgiving day since 1954, but a fire over the summer almost changed that, when 7,000 turkeys were killed. these are the turkeys that survived.

june, a fire ripped through the largest barn at bob's turco keefe farm, killing 7,000 young turkeys that just hatched. bob started the family business back in 1950's. >> it was kind of disappointing, because i built all those buildings, and it was a shame that it had burned. >> the reporter: bob told his daughter, who now runs the business, closing down may be only option with so many thanksgiving turkeys destroyed. >> did you think today was even possible? >> no. not at all. >> the reporter: but people started showing up offering help, which turned in to a fund raiser, with thousands of dollars pouring in. >> getting back together and getting things going again, so we're pretty lucky that way. and i think the town has been very good. they were able to recoup about half of the turkeys killed and customers were thanking the family by showing up in big numbers. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> happy thanksgiving.

people are taking pictures. it's obvious that everybody is really happy that they're back in business. >> the reporter: and the replacement barn is almost complete. the family says they will have a full stock of turkeys next year. we are live in lancaster, robert goulston, fox 25 news. >> mark: uncovering history in plymouth. archaeologists believe they have pinpointed the exact spot where the pilgrims live. researchers at umass boston say the bernie sanders, musket balls, ceramics and other items sitting on an early settlement. this is u.n. with of the early discoveries that helps piece together the day-to-day lives of the pilgrim. the mayflower two is getting a makeover. plymouth plantation says it has raised $7.5 million to repair the replica of the ship that brought the pilgrims to america. the 60-year-old boat is rotting and infested with bugs. the town hopes the ship can be repaired by 2020 in time for the 400th anniversary of the pilgrims' landing. >> vanessa: , big names in massachusetts served family

governor charlie baker and mayor marty walsh were servers at goodwill's thanksgiving dinner. many politicians joined them to served turkey and mashed potatoes. governor bake are says it's great to give back this time of year and it remind him what he's thankful for. i'm thankful that i live in a state where we take paying attention to our brother and our sister's keeper seriously. >> vanessa: the event wasn't just about eating. people danced. you can see governor baker there cutting a rug with some of the attendees. >> kevin: clear skies out there right now. that just allows temperatures to drop more quickly during the evening hours and we are seeing that out there for sure. and off to the west, we're seeing this too. there's rain definitely, but i have want you to notice in the last three hours, since we started talking around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, it was all rain

the precipitation is and that's because of the storm and the air moves eastward, warm air goes up over the cold air, and produces precipitation that falls into the cold air, as snow. we're seeing it here as well. so front is like this. the snow to the east and north of it with the rain to the south and west, although there's mixing when you get into the elias elevations here in -- elevations in pennsylvania. precipitation playing a part and it will here in new england too. we are not looking at a snowstorm on most ever in boston on thanksgiving is 4 1/2 inches. we're not looking like anything that way. but we are watching for some new sans precipitation in the morning. in my mind, there's no doubt there are going to be flurries tomorrow morning. that precipitation coming in from the west as light as it may be with the warm front in this cold air mass, has to produce snowflakes. novelty flakes for most. some places in the high elevations and maybe grassy coatings. perhaps impacting your thanksgiving day football game with that grassy coat willing,

what we will be watching for with the cold temperatures back here and they are going to continue to fall, for instance, north of worcester at wachusett going down into the 20's overnight tonight, staying dry as far as futurecast is concerned, but saying this too many times, it's going to stay dry, particularly what we're seeing out to the west of us. temperatures getting down to freezing in boston, right at the water maybe a degree or two above freezing. notice precipitation working in and whether it does, falling into this air mass, we're talking about mainly inland. light snow. i guess that. we're not talking about accumulating, shoveling out your driveway on thanksgiving kind of snow, but even futurecast shows nothing here, until you get up here, i expect that snow stripe will be farther south. it was last night on future cast, and for whatever purpose, it doesn't see it today. i still do. there will be light snow falling into worcester county. at the coast, likely be drizzle that will fall especially in eastern and southeastern massachusetts. that all pushes off to the north and southward toward late

what i do agree were the futurecast is this. the rain moving in later in the day with a more potent part of the storm system coming at us. we see that to the west and we'll see it here. here's the other part of this problem. who have to the north and west, temperatures are only going to be in the upper 30's for highs hand they'll be falling as the rain falls in evening. we'll have to watch for some icing here. snow in ski country by the way for thanksgiving weekend. here's seven-day forecast, takes you through that threat on thanksgiving, and another threat coming in to this weekend, something we've been we'll see rain and snow working its wave in here saturday and sunday, predominantly light and that's because the storm system is it making its way toward us, but too far out to sea to be a big player. what i'm watching to see if anything is going to form in this part of the pressure pattern. that's a signal to me to watch it very closely, if it forms closer, we'd have to deal with more ramifications from that storm system. lots to look at and talk about and we'll keep talking through evening on the newscast. >> mark: saluting some american heroes.

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>> mark: oh, yes. for a lot of us, football and thanksgiving go hand in hand. it's tradition, a lot of

high school football games. >> vanessa: there are some great rivalries all over the state tomorrow and there's a big game tonight too. >> mark: butch stearns joins us live where st. john's prep is taking on xavarian. hey, butch. >> kevin: hi ock and vanessa. you're absolutely right, some great rivalries all around the state and this is one of them. st. john's against xavarian, 26th year of this game, charlie stevenson taking the xavarian hawks to the super bowl already, but this game is for the catholic conference title and brian at st. john's prep, and here's what he has to say about the history of this game. >> i want to say out of the 24 or 25 years we've been meeting on thanksgiving, over 20 of them have been for the league title, so there's always high stakes coming into this game, but the new playoff format is a little different, plays out a little differently. this is the end of our season. they're going to go on to the super bowl, but we can still win the catholic conference title

overhead in westwood, xavarian field, st. john's prep and xavarian for turkey night football. hawks get on the board first. senior quarterback madison cronene takes it in himself and it is 7-0 xavarian. going into score again, number 33, pinchin, fumbles and look at number 5, west rocket, aptly named, st. john's defensive back picks it up and goes 9 score. the extra point was no good. that makes it 7-6 xavarian on top. that's where we are right now in the third quarter. don't forget to join us tomorrow night, 10:30 p.m. live for our thanksgiving day high school football special. we'll be covering 16 different games, we'll be looking at the high school playoff format and some of the controversy surrounding that, we'll relay it again at 11:30 p.m., tomorrow night for our fox 25 high school

tom brady did not practice. they're listing him with a knee injury, that's all that we know right now, that brady did not practice today. but rob gronkowski did after a report earlier in the day he may not play this sunday against the developments. gronk looked good and he did practice there today. so lots of football, we're talking about, we'll have highlights of this came coming up tonight on the fox 25 news at 11:00 p.m. and don't forget to join us tomorrow for our 10:30 p.m. special. from westwood for game on the night before thanksgiving, i'm butch stearns. back to you guys. >> the reporter: we were here in august when a cyclist was struck by a passing truck when his bike was pinned underneath it. now we're hearing from the cyclist today and his message for cyclists and drivers heading out on the road. >> vanessa: two of about the's finest will be making their first public appearance since they were shot in line of duty.

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>> mark: if you are just joining us at 6:30 p.m., welcome. we are following breaking news involving a frightening situation in a crowded grocery

been taken to the hospital after being hit by a driver, backing out of a spot at hannaford's in waltham. that driver also hit several other cars and was rushed to the hospital. >> vanessa: burr as you can imagine on a busy night like this, when so many people are picking up last minute items for thanksgiving, it could have been much worse. fox 25's malini basu live on the scene for us talking to witnesses. malini? >> the reporter: vanessa and mark, it was a packed shopping lot right here, just like it is right now. we're being told once again, two people were taken to the car, the other is a person collecting carriages. that scene unfolded right over here. all of this happened just after 4:00 p.m. i want to show you, sky fox was over the scene, all of this happened at the hannaford's supermarket just after 4:00 p.m. on russell street in waltham. fire officials tell fox 25, the woman driving the black chevy was backing out of a parking spot. she kept going and going and she didn't stop. officials say she backed into about five other cars, and then

now, investigators say the employee kept trying to get up and say, i need to make a phone call. now, witnesses tell us that employee was lucky because some of the carriages were crushed by the car. >> i see like where the cards are collected on top of a car. one car is totally smashed. the one in front of it looks like it was hit and turns out that the person that was put in the carts away was actually dragged when the car came in, but they're ok, thank god. >> the reporter: so again, two people were taken to the hospital. they are ok. investigators here say this really could have been quite a scene, but luckily, again, everything turned out to be become. at 10:00 p.m. tonight, we spoke to some of the other owners of the cars, they were in there shopping and they came outside to find their car damaged. for now, live in waltham, malini basu. fox 25 news. >> mark: also breaking a local defense attorney is now accused of rape and it's not the first time he's been charged with a sex crime.

hide from cameras in court. he was charge with two counts of rape, acquitted of sexual assault charges in three other cases and in2001, he was listed as 1 of the top 50 bachelor's by "time" magazine. >> vanessa: an elderly man is dead after this fire in charlton. sky fox over the scene on barry connor road this afternoon. you can see firefighters and investigators surrounding a charred shed. right now, they're working to figure out how this fire started. the man's name has not been released. >> mark: also ea driver hid a pedestrian in newburyport. the 76-year-old victim was flown to the hospital with serious injuries. sky fox flew over the scene on state street this afternoon. the teenager was driving a pickup truck and he is cooperating with investigators. we'll bring you updates as we get them. >> vanessa: now to our other top stories. the driver accused of injuring four officers while running from police in dorchester will spend thanksgiving in jail. police savin sent weeks dragged two officers down the street and

before they arrested him. all four officers are recovering aft home. weeks will be in court friday morning. >> mark: two boston police officers wounded in the line of duty are back home with their family, but before they sit down at thanksgiving, fellow officers are hitting ice to help them out. fox 25's john monahan is live in east boston with more on the hockey game happening tonight to benefit them. >> the reporter: it's going to start in about 30 minutes right now, ock. this is a clarity game, organized by boston police boston bruins alumni team. now it's being held to benefit those two officers shot here in east boston six weeks ago. two officers responded to a net particular adispute and were ambushed, they received injuries and life-threatening injuries. fellow officers came to their aid and saved their lovessers. the both officers were taken to mass general.

to rehab and released this past monday. this event tonight is to show support for their sacrifice and gratitude for their recovery. boston police will be playing the bruins alumni team. we'll see some of the legends from boston bruins. rick middleton and terry o'reilly. morris an cintolo will be dropping the puck and we caught up with lennie clark walking in, he'll be the coach for bruins team. this will be a fun nit. we'll catch all of it and bring it back to you tonight at 10:00 p.m. live in east boston, john monahan, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: now to our other big story of the night, millions of people are heading home for the holiday. it was slow going all over the boston area during morning and of afternoon, but tonight, things are starting to improve a bit and it looks much better than it did this time last night. hour crews are watching for any trouble spots for you on the roads, but let's begin with kevin, because kevin, the weather is great for traveling tonight, but if you're leaving in the morning, it could be a

to be ok but i'm watching the situation developing to our west that will move in tomorrow. it will be cold out there as this storm system starts to arrive and on leading edge of it, it's not just rain, if it were, that would be a minor problem and really, this is going to be minor too. but for anybody who gets some of the flurries in the cold air, maybe a couple tricky spots off to the north and west. in the highest elevations especially in worcester county, may even get a coating on the grassy surfaces before it's said and done. clearly not much but it is thanksgiving the roadways going to thanksgiving dinner. i want you to be aware of that potential. there may be drizzle along the coastline. temperatures though inland, especially are going to be very cold. but even to the coast, it's going to be freezing first thing in the morning. so i have expect many will see some of those snow flurries first thing. the heavier snows will be pushed to the north, into mountains and ski country where they need to be. what we're looking at right now is watching the latest information come into show me exactly what threat is going to be and where it will be tomorrow. i have that right now and i'm

no weather problems there, heather, but problems, nonetheless. >> the reporter: well, how about hand early thanksgiving gift for you, because it's looking pretty darn good out there on the roads tonight. so happy thanksgiving everybody and check out all of this green. something you don't normally see at 6:30 p.m. on a week night. headed out of boston, authority, south and west, -- north, south and west, everything looking green and good out there. this is a look at the mass pike. this is a site we don't see this time of night during the week at all. not that many nice pace out there. here are the live drive times. all green right here from the ted williams tunnel to the weston tolls, 13 minutes. from the alston brighton tolls to 495, 25 minutes and. happy thanksgiving everyone. >> mark: make sure you have the fox 25 app for traffic alerts this weekend, plus right now, on line, we have a list of the few stores that are open. we also have a list of hall the places offering free meals on thanksgiving.

help someone this holiday season as well. it's all on fox25boston.com. >> vanessa: there is a grinch in rhode island. police are trying to track down the person who stole dozens of costumes from the nut cracker production in providence. as blair miller reports, now the festival bally providence is scrambling to come up with more 50 costumes and head pieces weeks before the show. >> a christmas tradition lose ago bit of its sparkle. >> start opening the crates. we start realizing that all the costumes are not there. >> the reporter: 52 pieces to be exact. from $600 handmade tutus to a $2,000 nut cracker mask, but festival ballet providence artistic director george says, it's hard to estimate the total loss when you consider the intricate detail involved. >> you putt the number of hours -- put the number of hours decorating and putting the stones, the values of the stone, value of the, you know, time of

bejeweled them, it's not just fabric and labor. >> the reporter: for almost 2 years, the nut cracker production graced the stage in providence. george says it will be no different this year, especially with brisk ticket sales. >> the show needs to go on. we immediately started contacting the ballet company around the country and got tremendous response from a lot of the companies who are willing to help and jump in and do anything because you know, they know how important that it is for >> the reporter: a week before the show, a team of seamstresses will be on hand to create any last-minute costumes or head pieces the performers need, just in time for when the curtain goes up. >> it's going to be a very stressful week in the theater. >> the reporter: and he also says not only is this important for the ballet company but also for the community that comes out to see the show every year. that first show is set for december 16th. i'm blair miller, fox 25 news. >> mark: some sobering statistics coming in to the

boston. homicides are up 20% in the city and we still have a month to go. new numbers from the boston herald shows the city had 40 homicides this year, compared to 33 during the same period in 2015. boston police also reporting 54% uptick in shootings for october and november. community activists who talked with herald blames the recent surgeon gang violence and witnesses who are reluctant to come forward. transit police want help finding this woman accused of an mbta employee at the intersection of talbot and colonial avenues. if you recognize her, you can call them and remain anonymous. a man shot in a car is expected to survive. police found the victims in the parking lot of the walgreen's on warren street. one had a small silver handgun. so far no arrests have been made and three people escaped from this house fire on hall street in jamaica plain. this was the scene just after

flames started on the second floor at the back of the house. no one was hurt and investigators tell us it's too early to know the cause. >> vanessa: we've learned a merrimack new hampshire man is now in fair condition at mass general after he was shocked while putting up christmas lights. you saw this story first on fox 25 news at 6:00 p.m. yesterday. bill deroche's wife said he was using a 20-foot pole and the wind may have knocked some of that pole on to a power line. feet. this was the scene at colonial filling station on main street, just before noon. police say the driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake and that driver was not hurt. a chatham man was allegedly driving drunk when he was involved in this car accident. police say clarence crawl the third ran off the road and into a tree on samurai derry district road. the 22-year-old was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. he's also facing oui and

>> kevin: tracking a storm coming out of the plains and midwest tonight, bringing snow into pennsylvania and new york. that's our fate tomorrow. where the flurries and drizzle will be occurring in the morning. >> vanessa: but first, a cyclist ends up in a coma for weeks, after he's hit and his bike is pinned underneath a truck. now he's telling us about his remarkable recovery. >> yeah. i feel like in many ways, i was

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to recovery. >> mark: he says this thanksgiving, he's never had more to be thankful for. but he called fox 25 because he says, his story is not over. >> vanessa: tonight, he's speaking only with fox 25's kerry kavanaugh about how he's driven to raise awareness of the importance of sharing the road with cyclists. >> do you remember coming down the hill or nothing. i remember nothing from that day. sean kavanagh remembers nothing about august 17th. but he says, his ordeal is a reminder, you cannot fate. an avid cyclist at age 61, he rode to work several days a week to stay fit. he was on his bike that day in august, but never made it to work. >> this is the thing that probably saved my life. fox 25 was there shortly after his helmet struck and shattered the windshield of this truck. his bike was pinned underneath it. witnesses in the waltham neighborhood told us the driver was trying to beat the light to make the left turn when he struck kavanagh. the impact threw him in to the air as high as the stop sign.

brain bleed, pulmonary emboli, bound fracture of the leg, broken ribs, broken hand. i was pretty beaten up. >> the reporter: he was unconscious for two weeks, now though assisted, he's back on his feet and he says he has an obligation to speak out. >> oh, i absolutely do. yeah, i feel like in many ways, i was given another lease on life, so i want to make sure that i help other people be aware that, you know, this kind of thing can happen on a bike. be safe, pay cacautious. >> the reporter: he says that's valuable advice whether you're on two wheels or four, though he doesn't remember that august day, kavanagh says his life changed in an instant and he hopes his experience can prevent future accidents and maybe save a life. >> i'm a very lucky man. >> the reporter: his entire family tells me they've never had more to be grateful for than they do this thanksgiving. sean kavanagh is no relation to me, he said that helmet definitely saved his life, he credits the first response of first responders in waltham.

>> mark: very thankful this thanksgiving for him. >> vanessa: what a holiday it will be for that family. >> mark: hopefully a lot of people will take a second look out there after seeing the story too. >> vanessa: a local boy scout troop that reported its trailer was stolen over the summer has it back. >> mark: the troop from norwood reported their trailer missing in awning. the trailer was actually stolen from u-haul nearly 20 years ago an eventually ended up with a troop, but u-haul riposte'sed the trailer -- repossessed the trailer without telling the boys first. u-haul has given the trailer to the troop as a one lowell police officer went out of his way to make sure these three kids were ok after a car crash. officer berlin helped rescue the kids from the wreck, and noticed they were clearly upset. thanks to a generous donation of toys to the city, he gave each of the kids a stuffed animal to help calm them down. >> kevin: clear chilly thanksgiving eve out there and with the clear skies,

and that's what makes this a tricky forecast, because this storm system moving toward us, certainly moving into some cold dry air. whether or not the snowflakes make it to ground level is one question, but the real question to me is how long it's going to take for that to happen. you see, we have to moisten up or make the air wetter over the top of us. no doubt, with the leading edge of this with our cold air there would be snow falling at least up above us and as that makes it down to ground level the highest elevations have the best chance temperatures the way they are and falling from here, already below freezing offer to the north and west, keene new hampshire, 29 degrees an low temperatures going down below freezing, even to freezing in boston, low to mid 20's so the north and west. as this moves in, we're going to see some flurries. just the way it works. you get some warm air to start to come in, it rides up over the top of the cold air, and it falls out of the clouds that are formed as some snowflakes. so the question will then be, as i mentioned, will it make it all the way down to ground level.

into the high elevations. my thoughts are, there's almost certainly going to be some flurries here in southern new england. especially in the high elevations and it won't be very much. but there can be some grassy surfaces, they got coated, we saw that a few days ago. couldn't not happen again, so there will be some drizzle at the coast, flurries inland, and none of it will be very heavy. temperatures so cold first thing in the morning, you have to watch out for slippery spots to the north and west. evening hours, better shot more snow for the key areas an certainly good news for the thanksgiving weekend. the showers will come on by and start to become more of a drizzly situation by friday morning, an onshore flow, spin in the atmosphere going by, bottom line is, friday is not starting out so good and by the afternoon, not much happening to break that up either, so i'm getting levels optimistic for any sunny breaks on friday. the seven-day forecast has them in there, but i'm going to have to revise that later on tonight.

10:00 p.m. an 11:00 p.m. before i have dash your hopes for black friday. saturday, another storm system handled here's the deal with that. there's going to be another storm that forms offshore, and our different computer models are showing this and of course, we have to go by the computer models, because the storm doesn't exist yet, but here it is starting to form out here and here's my thoughts on this. there's a center out here. you see that circle, that's where the low pressure is forecast to be, low pressure meaning a storm center. however, when i see a bigger circle around it like this, i start to think, could there be a redevelopment closer and you see how in here, that's what i'm watching. if a storm forms closer to us, it would pull down the blue line, which is the cold air farther south of new england, we would have to entertain the thoughts of rain or snow by the end of the weekend from that storm system. then no doubt early next week, another storm lined up to come on in here, see that happening tuesday with some showers, and again on wednesday, two batches that would come on by. it will come with warmer air. that's definitely going to be a rain situation. what we'll be watching tonight is this storm center moving in

it's still holding together and producing snow as it gets closer to us an we'll be monitoring the situation for your morning drive, whether you're going to dinner or one of the football games first thing thanksgiving. >> mark: someone could be extra thankful tomorrow. tonight's powerball jackpot is wart an estimated 359 million dollars. the lump sum cash payout is $220 million. happy homecoming for a group of american heroes. the special greeting that was

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>> mark: welcome home. some american heroes traveled more than 24 hours to get back on u.s. soil and get home in the troops were stationed overseas and they just made a stop in portsmouth, new hampshire. >> vanessa: that's where our fox 25 ted daniel is now and the pease greeters gave them a warm welcome and it really was a special site to take in. >> the reporter: they always do, vanessa and mark. this is a tradition that's been going on for eight years now and it's not just during the holidays. pease international airport is a stopover point for troops

overseas deployment. and the pease greeters, they meet every single flight. we were here when one landed just a short time ago. it's one of the busiest travel days of the year. and that includes members of the u.s. military returning home. >> welcome home. >> the reporter: about 70 men and women from the 335th aircraft maintenance unit based at seymour johnson air force base in north carolina landed at pease late this afternoon. a hero's welcome. >> i was really surprised, i've never had that before. >> the reporter: a little overwhelming by the amount of people and just awesome to see how many people come out to see us come home. >> the reporter: the troops have been serving in southwest asia for the last eight months and it's no coincidence that this is the day they get to come home. >> there were extreme efforts made to make sure that we got the entire unit home before thanksgiving. >> the reporter: this is the fifth flight the pease greeters have met this week.

they've welcomed more than 35,000 soldiers home. >> these people are here, rain, snow, whatever, sleet, hail, they're better than the post office, and they're so dedicated to these troops, we've had four flights come in, in a night. >> the reporter: so this was a quick stop, soldiers are already back in the air, heading to north carolina where they will well-deserved time off for the holidays. we certainly wish them well. reporting live in portsmouth, new hampshire, ted daniel, fox 25 news. >> mark: appreciate their service as always. ted loves to cover that story. >> vanessa: well. could home. >> kevin: seven-day forecast includes a couple chances of some stormy weather through the weekend, tracking one coming

?? ?? ?? kanye's breakdown. new bombshells tonight. will kim keep standing by her man? >> plus brad pitt's thanksgiving plans with angie? what "e.t." just learnee. >> then michael jackson's son all grown up. my interview with prince michael today sharing private memories >> he was a good cook. >> what was his best dish? >> it was called dad. >> i don't think she's that forthcoming with compliments. >> we're with laurie after her big win giving us more reasons to looe the dancing champ. >> where is the mirror ball going to go? >> some place probably in the middle of my house as long as my mom's okay with it. >> now for november 23, 2016,