from here, and i think there's been pressure porting of some well. we've seen that. but i have nothing new to share with respect to what may have brought this aircraft down. >> investigators are still analyzing the plane's black box, hoping that will tell them more. at the breaking news desk, i'm brandon gunnoe, 7news. boston. two elderly women have serious injuries after they were hit by a car in the south end. they were rushed to the hospital where they are right now. 7's byron barnett is live in the neighborhood where it happened. byron. >> yeah, we're at the intersection of treemont and westbrook line streets here in the south end. again, as you said, two elderly women struck by a vehicle and witnesses say the driver was injured, as well. here's the scene here. the vehicle in the intersection, police are very busy right nowle investigating, trying to figure >> reporter: the black suv

intersection of tremont and westbrook line in the south end after police say it was involved in a terrible accident. police say two elderly women were hit by the vehicle and transported to hospitals. both said to be in serious to life-threatening condition. >> i was driving down the street and i seen the two ladies crossing the street and the black car that's there in the middle of the road hit the two asian ladies that were crossing on the crosswalk. one had a swollen face and the other one's leg was like twisted to the side. >> reporter: witnesses say the driver was also transported to the hospital apparently for stress and chest pains. >> i try talking to the lady because she was shaking and crying. >> reporter: witnesses say the two pedestrians were in the crosswalk and knocked several feet when they were hit. to some the accident appeared to have been caused by glare from the late afternoon sun. >> that happens to me, too.

but i mean, that's what the lady kept saying, she was like, i couldn't see anything. the sun was in my face and all hysterical right there. >> the sun in her face. everybody, you go by 3:30, you go from here all the way to jamaica plain, all the way, the sun hits you in the face. >> okay, back here live, you can see tremont street here in blocked off, about a block on either side of westbrook line as police continue to investigate this accident. the accident reconstruction team from the boston police department here doing their job right now, trying to put the pieces together here. now, one other observation from a witness we talked to today, that witness says the driver did not appear to have been speeding. he says she was driving normal when the command. so that's the latest live here barnett, 7news. watching. police race to the scene of another crash on route 20 in oxford.

that's the same area where two people died in an accident just last week. >> authorities did close part of open. 7's kelli o'hara is live with the latest. >> yeah, good evening. another car crash here in an area where just last week a mother and her baby were killed. this happening on a stretch of curve. now sky 7 over the scene earlier this afternoon. now state police tell 7news that a car was stopped in order to make a turn and then another car ended up rearending that car causing a chain reaction. three people were rushed to the hospital. no life-threatening injuries, though. but just last week a mother and her infant son were killed when their car crossed the center line and slammed into a smebt truck. another child in that car still at the hospital. now, this accident last week prompting an outcry from people in the area. they say they are tired of the crash that's happening here on route 20 again and again and

they are demanding change for the state for safety. the state held a meeting last week and promising things will go well. again, three people rushed to the hospital from an area known as dead man's curve. kelli o'hara 7news. also on 7, the murder trial of a local teenager will go on as planned. a judge found phillip chism competent to stand trial on charges he murdered and raped his math teacher at danvers high school. that means jury selection will resume first thing tomorrow morning. 7's dan hausle is live in salem now with details on today's decision. >> well, it was some pretty startling reports about phillip chism that brought this trial to a grinding halt a couple of weeks ago but now it does look like the trial is going to go forward though some adjust ams for this defendant. >> reporter: phillip chism stared and listened and barely responding to his lawyers before the judge declared the 16-year-old competent to stand

school teacher colleen ritzer. >> the court finds that mr. chism has sufficient present ability to consult with his attorney, with a reasonable degree of rational understanding. selection was stopped because defense lawyers said chism was his padded cell and sometimes spoke of hearing voices. chism's lawyers now asked to move his trial because the jury pool might be tainted by news reports of those actions. >> these comments that have been reported are gratuitous and inflammatory materials that increases the risk of prejudice of mr. chism. >> reporter: chism's lawyers also complained recent news coverage of the anniversary of ritzer's death worked against their client. the prosecutor angrily rejected that argument. >> reporter: the mere fact that people are remembering ritzer does not in any way praise the defendant any more than boston strong suggested mr. tsarnaev was more guilty than innocent. >> reporter: the judge rejected

the trial but did agree to keep days short because his lawyers say it's hard to keep the teen competent for more than a couple of hours without a break. >> the judge is going to get this trial back on track. but the schedule was pushed back a little bit. he originally hope to have this trial over by thanksgiving but now he says it looks like it may extend even beyond christmas. dan hausle, 7news. 7news now in bridgewater, police are searching for clues after a disturbing discovery near the train tracks. a woman's body was found badly burned and investigators say her hands were tied together. jonathan hall live in bridgewater with what we know right now. john. >> adam, the district attorney says this woman was likely targeted. they don't believe it was a random act of violence. 18 hours into the investigation, they don't know her name, they don't know who's responsible. >> reporter: a murder mystery by the tracks in bridgewater. the plymouth county district attorney says a woman's body was

dumped here next to the railroad tracks about 50 yards from the oak street crossing. he believe somebody set her on fire in this area but he doesn't know if she was brought here dead or alive. >> her hands were tied behind her back and her hands in some fashion were tied to her feet, from behind. a neighbor told me his brother first discovered the body before midnight after hearing an explosion. he say the body was wrapped in a rug but police are not confirming that. an officer discovered the fire after responding to a 911 call about a suspicious car at the crossing. >> it's just -- it's kind of worrisome, i would say. >> reporter: a man whose father lives near the tracks wouldn't say much about what his family saw last night. he spoke only generally about what happened. >> it shows you can come into a safe place, you know. it's like we really don't have a lot of -- the police don't even know how to approach this situation because they're not even used to it. so it's a very tough situation for absolutely everybody. >> reporter: it's a joint investigation by police from the

which owns the tracks. >> this is obviously a very concerning incident for this community. i will say that all of our investigative resources are being devoted to determining who the perpetrator or perpetrators of this crime are. >> police would like your help, if you know anything about this case or anything about the vehicle that was out here last night, by the way, the d.a. hopes the medical examiner's autopsy will provide even more information for them. live in bridgewater, jonathan hall, 7news. police make yet another arrest in a gruesome murder in marshfield. mark o'brien appeared in court today charged with murder and unarmed burglary in connection with the death of a 45-year-old man. investigators say a group of people broke into the man's home in september. police say they found the man with severe cuts to his hands and the back of his head and weapons and gems were stolen from the home. three other people are channeled in this case.

lowell. a fire shooting from every window in the house that happened just before midnight. no one was living there at the time, so no one hurt, but an veght investigation is underway. still coming up here on 7news at 6:00. remember the train trouble we saw last winter? how could we forget? the state trying to prevent a repeat performance opinion we'll show you how. the patriots an underwhelming 3 and 4 washington team, coming up in 7sports. and we continue to follow breaking news. u.s. intelligence now saying isis likely planted a bomb on a russian passenger jet that went down in egypt 224 people were killed in that crash. authorities are still looking for more clues from the plane's flight data recorders. and breaking news in boston. two elderly women have serious injuries after they were hit by a car in the city's south end. they were rushed to the hospital. we'll stay on top of these stories throughout the evening

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>> the money question, will crews be heavy in case that happens again. crews have put in a lot of work to make sure it's ready to go. >> the mbta is trying to avoid a repeat of last winter's mess.

fighter machines with the lighter plows and snow blower to help clear the tracks. tsa official says they're investing more than $80 million in equipment and work on better communication with passengers. >> what happened last year is we had more people dispatching and less putting out alerts and the backlog put us way behind. >> they will discuss a possible raise in fares to pay for all the equipment. they say that option is definitely on the table. ryan schulteis, 7news. don't worry, those pictures are gonna stay in the archives for now. we are looking at a cool-down into the weekend. in the meantime, we're warming up once again.

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>> all right, we back on this wednesday, and kind of a repeat of yesterday and the day before, just beautiful out there, and it's a nice shot of beautiful downtown boston, clear and cool and fall-like tonight. >> just makes you want to be outside all day long, pete. >> it was a great day wasn't it all around. high temps made it to 60.

back a few degrees but still made a run for 70. didn't quite get there nashua or norwood. worcester was 65, now falling back in some cases into the 40s. upper 50s elsewhere and mid-60s along the coastline. boston we're not going to sink all that far going back to 50 degrees. clear skies. i have a really with a front moving in, and it's moving in from the mid atlantic and carries with it warmer temperatures for one and also some humidity. when the humidity gets in here, watch what happens. we start to maybe clouds. just a little bit sticky here tomorrow and more so on friday with some cloud cover, we run the risk for a sprinkle. most of the sprinkles should be overnight on thursday. they're not depicted here at all but i'm thinking we may be able to squeeze them out of some of those clouds. increasing clouds for tomorrow. our temperatures start off in the 40s, go to the 60s, and about. and settle back into the evening.

a pretty nays day all around. friday is a cloudier day and the issue is will we get enough sunshine in here to warm us up into the 70s? i think that's an easy task. cold, no? instead we have this bubble of warm air that jets up and down ontario and quebec and snuffs out some of the cold air so there's nothing really building crass northern canada. status quo, that's what we go with, our normal high is 55. 68, 74 on friday. then down into the lower 60s saturday, then sunday that's where we feel the pinch. that is the coolest day of the next 7. one day stands alone and looks like the temperatures will start to bounce back again next week. we did it in 2014 and 2011, too. anyway, friday, cloughs to a record in boston and in worcester. 75 and 71. there it is.

next week the warmth somewhat mellows. see you tonight. a lot of work going on right now to make way for football at fenway. crews converting the field as you can see from sky 7 hd as we pull out wide there. boston college will take on notre dame in about two weeks, and by the way, it's been almost 50 years since there was a football game at the ballpark. many moons ago the pats used to play there. they're tough, they're very competitive, they do a lot of things well. and they give you a lot to get ready for. it's not an easy team to prepare for. >> listening to bill belichick, you would think the patriots are the team preparing to face an undefeated opponent this sunday. jay gruden's team comes to foxboro one game under 500 and wins in three tries on the road this season. for the second time this season and 25th time in his career, tom brady named the afc's offensive player of the week,

brady earning this latest honor after torching the dolphins' defense for 366 yards and 4 touchdowns and as 7's alex corddry reports, the three-time super bowl mvp is keeping his foot on the gas pedal heading into sunday's game against washington. >> there's definitely room for improvement. this is a good week to go out there and see if we can clean some of those things up. >> reporter: the patriots, one of the four remaining undefeated teams believe they still have plenty of work cut out for them starting with a visit from washington on sunday. >> we're going to have to attack all levels, short, inter intermediate, deep. and it's gotta be good execution. they limit the nights could be very tough, very disruptive. >> reporter: it's clear tom brady and the 7 and 0 pats aren't overlooking an underwhelming washington team. they might have a losing record but only half a game behind the first place giants in the nfc east and still have plenty to play for. >> they're gonna come in here

win, so i ciewnld expect that every week we usually get their best shot and they're ready to go. >> no matter what, you gonna get the best shot from any team around this league on any given week so you can't go out there and downplay anybody. >> reporter: with the patriots having that type of focus will they continue to roll over opponents and stay undefeated? they'll tell you straight up that's the furthest thing from their minds. >> you just gotta focus on each game. >> one game at a time might seem cliche but the truth behind the patriots' consistency especially as they work on their third season in a row with at least 10 wins. alex corddry, 7sports. and a painful reminder last night of what should have been in boston, the former number 2 overall pick notched his seventh career hat trick leading dallas to a 5-3 win at the garden. unfortunately for bruins and

their fans, six of those hat tricks have come in a stars uniform. the injury bug striking the bruins. chris kelly the latest victim going down early in the game with a broken left femur. he's expected to be out 6 to 8 months. his teammates quick to point out the verdict till and reliable forward will be missed on and off the ice. that's very tough. him being out that long where he's such a good guy and always plays right away. >> he's just one of those guys that when he's in the room, he always knows when it's time to say something, whether he says the rate thing and guys respect him. i think that's such a big thing with leadership. you gotta respect your leaders and i've said that many times when you lose a key player like that. you know, filling the hole i guess and stepping up and it's a little different this time. >> and the celtics take on the

smarts is sitting out with a sprained left big toe. that's supports. >> better than a broken femur. thank you, joe. >> we'll be back in about 2

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