a local couple said their water bill is draining their bank account. >> they say treu/ a being soaked for more than $16000. >> their fight tonight -- -- >> first at 11:00. breaking news with crews working to restore power after a cement truck driver takes down power lines on this street. that crash left him trapped in the cab of the truck for hours. >> rescuers say it wasn't safe for him to get out of there. >> he was petri fyeed. he was trapped in a metal vehicle with all of the live wires around him. 3 hours later, he was

that driver tells us when he was driving down here, he didn't see how low these lines were. a cement truck dangerous were. a cement truck dangerously draped in a web of waoeufr/ wire. >> joe smith just finished a job 5 houses down. he was heading home when he said his truck caught on the low hanging lines. >> i heard the trucks to the left side of me, starting to pwrabg/, hit the brakes, looked over and there was the pole. >> neighbors in this neighbor >> neighbors in this neighborhood said their power immediately cut out. >> everything -- -- it was like a long blink. >> joel said he quickly called for help, knowing how dangerous for him to be trapped inside. >> everything in the truck was metal. i stayed where i was. >> 3 hours after initially being trapped. joe was able to get home as crews continuously

tried to get the people back on in the neighborhood. >> they are not supposed to be that low. you don't expect that to happen. skpwhr/ this is the new utility pole crews will be putting in place of the one that is broke ton get this neighborhood back online. as for the driver, police are still investigating to see if any charges will be filed >> >>. >> new at 11:00. boston police looking into the case of a 5 -year-old girl found alone and crying inside of a school van. tonight, we are hearing from the little girl's family. johnnyon thompson live with the story. reporter: i just met the little girl awhile ago. thankfully, she is okay. her family tells me she spent some 5 and a half hours alone the bus. tonight, they out raged. >>reporter: the family

on camera, but they say the little girl was picked up at 5:30 in the morning. it wasn't until she was found by strangers, scared, cold and alone on the bus. >> that's when they heard my niece banging on the window for help. reporter: the 5 -year-old was found by strangers. >> she was checked out. she was shakeen up, scared. frightened, cold, hungry. >> the family tryed to contact the bus company. they say the company finally answered the phone and apologized. >> the person that would check the bus. she was the only kid in the back seat. she was sleeping. they never never checked the bus.

weather, some areas seeing snow and rain, but clouds are clearing up. things warming up for the weekend. >> we had a couple of rain and snowshowers. they have since faded away. skies beginning to clear up. temperatures right now for this time of the day, this time of year, not cold, 35 in town. plymouth, 35. fitchburg, 33. the wind is making it feel colder for some of you, big storm in the maritimes blowing up why we have some wind and a couple of rain and snowshowers. now, we say good rid dance to that and focus our attention mere, not a storm, but a warm front. it's the front edge of warmer air, still, the numbers tomorrow above the average high of 36 and a look at that, sunday, we are near 50, monday into the 50s, tuesday, a bit cooler, but still way above normal for this time of the year, your

police officers in lindsaying they were forced to fire on a man who pointed a gun at them. the man was shot and killed by police during an early morning chase. john cocoa is in hreupbd/ to tell us what is going on with the investigation and what exexactly happened there, today exexactly happened there, today. >>reporter: kim, this started up the street, but it ended here. a suspect shot, car covered in bullet holes -- -- >> i think the cops say "put the gun down. ". >>reporter: neighbors describe >>reporter: neighbors describing frantic moments as police shoot a man they say had a gun. >> i saw his body, half of his body out of the car and half of it in. reporter: officers were executing 5 outstanding warrant executing 5 outstanding warrants on bayview avenue. they were looking for 33 they were looking for

lane. >> he reportedly threatened his ex-girlfriend and her family with a gun. reporter: while 4 officers were checking this area they called out his name. mack lane when pointed a gun at an officer as he took off out a window. shortly after, he reportedly turned his gun on an unsuspecting driver. >> he ordered the female driver out of the car at gun point -- -- >> that's when 3 of the officers started to fire. >> it was cops everywhere, blood everywhere. i saw his body on the ground. reporter: the da said the gun they found did belong to macklane. the same gun he

a teen escaped federal custody. he made the escape during a sweep of gang!gaining!gang members. >> actually caught him in everytime. it started with federal agents arresting close to 40 gang!gaining!gang members in an early morning raid. one of them got away, but people in the community told police where he was and they tracked him down police say 18 -year-old perez is so dangerous, residents were warned of his escape. a pheupl/ of the gang!gaining!gang considered to be the most violent gang!gaining!gang in the world. perez escaped custody. it happened at 6:00 am in summerville. law enforcement from several agencies swept the neighborhood looking for the known gang!gaining!gang member. police say he ran off in handcuffs wearing an fbi t-shirt. he was arrested in everytime waiting for a bus,

>> one of the reasons we were able to aapprehend him because of close relationship we have p/ the community and used that intelligence because the people it there don't want this in their community. >> bottom line is we were able to get this suspect and i'm sure the federal authorities will conduct a complete assess will conduct a complete assessment. >> the 18 -year-old is not part of the federal sweep. he will not be arrested on any of those charges, but they say he will be deported on an immigration now to the race for the white house. we are just days away from the iowa caucuses there on monday and candidates from both parties are making their final push for votes. dan housely joins us live in iowa with a closer look. >> donald trump and his rivals are trying to spin the unusual

the democratic side, berniey sanders trying to keep himself on a roll. headlines swirl around hilary clinton. hilary clinton joined by her husband, bill in iowa, tonight. no mention of a new report of 22 e-mails from her private server have been classified so top secret some members of congress can't see them. she stuck to her system speech. >> our country does better with the economy when we have a democrat in the white house. reporter: some young people that listened to clinton said she may not be the right democrat for the white house. >> we are on the fence right now between her and berniey. berniey is coming sunday. it will be interesting to compare the 2. >> i go out and talk to young people, i say "what do you think about gay marriage?"they look at you like "what is you

what is the issue. ". we are having a great time, thank you. >> donald trump continues to chart his own course on the republican side heading off to new hampshire new hampshire where he said his boycott of the gop debate in iowa is paying off for him. >> i don't know what will happen to his poll numbers. he got pretty bad up last night. >> at a campaign stop in northwest iowa, cruz questioned the report that said he was the big debate loser. >> at the end of the day i don't worry about the approval or disapproval or the media >> marco, your calendar for february 1st. go rock your caucus. remember, friends

>> trump will be back in iowa and staying here through the caucuses on monday. all right, thank you, dan, a reminder that dan housely will be in iowa through the caucus next week. continue to see his live reports here on "7 news". following more news, an escaped prisoner in california turned himself into police. 2 other inmates remain on the one run, now, we are hearing how a teacher helped them get away. >> he contacted a civilian on the streets of santa anna and stated he wanted to turn him stated he wanted to turn himself in. reporter: the search continues for other 2 escapees and this van. >> very, very important that we locate this van. >> investigators say the men had help. arrested -- -- an english teacher at the orange

brought in maps showing images of the jail's rooftop that may have helped them escape. it is said the teacher developed a relationship with one of the prisoners the former marine, mastermind of the jail break. >> that would go beyond the teacher /student relationship that we would expect. >> the jail break reads like a hollywood thriller, inmates cut through steal!steel. >> it's crazy. >> during the search, several gang!gaining!gang members arrested. overnight raid, $2 hundred thousand reward and a plea for the public's help. >> the 2 men still missing are believed to be in san jose. police say they are armed and dangerous and have a lengthy criminal history. local doctors are talking

for the zika virus. 80% of those arrested don't show symptoms, but the most common, fever, rash, joint pain and red eye. >> it's the pregnant women and their babies that have to worry their babies that have to worry, because the babies can be severely affected. this is not cause for panic. people who!woe have plans to travel to central or south america who are not pregnant, think should go ahead. >> there are 3 32 known cases of the zika virus across a dozen states. a worker hurt when a car slipped off the track at a car wash. the worker pinned against the wall. elizabeth has much more. reporter: the worker at this car wash actually had to go to the hop. but he is expected to

started when an elderly driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake. a scary scene in west boilston. a worker pinned to the wall by an out-of-control vehicle. >> the owner of the vehicle said his foot slipped onto the brake, lunged tpaor/, hit a vehicle in front of him and pin vehicle in front of him and pinned one of the car wash workers. >> you can see one of the work >> you can see one of the workers squeezed against the waupl/. police say the worker was taken to the hospital. we are told he has a leg injury, but is okay. some of the equipment at the car wash was damaged. but it was back to business as normal friday. >> any time motor vehicle, someone loses control of a motor vehicle, it could turn out to be much worst than it really was. >> police say this incident is still under investigation. they say charges will likely

drivers, saying this was a just a for unfortunate incident. up next tonight a big bill up next tonight a big bill. >> a couple in marblehead gets the shock of a lifetime when they open their water bill. temperatures tomorrow near 40, near 50 on sunday. seven-day forecast coming up. meet the massachusetts woman who is running into history. her amazing tpaelt/,

>>. >> a couple in marblehead feel >> a couple in marblehead feeling drained thanks to their latest water bill. >> their last bill came in at $16000. kimberly bookman in marblehead. is that true? $16000. reporter: absolutely. the couple could not believe their

was a glitch or work done on adjacent property affected their bill. what they knew for sure, this was not right. >> this marblehead woman scratching her head over this whopper of a water bill. >> . reporter: you can understand their reaction. they have not lived here for 21 years and got used to praying one steady price for water. their quarter price for water. their quarterly bill in september was 10 times that. >> never, never before had this happened. initially, they assumed it was a mistake. >> we called the town and said that's what your water meet he he shows. reporter: the town took the shay's meter to 2 labs to get tested and they both found the

home used 93 hundred thousand gallons of water. she also claims a plumber found leaks on the property. >> plumbers were over here, checked the whole house out, there is nothing close to what would have been that problem. >>reporter: right now, both sides are treading water. >> totally insane amount of of what water and the bill is a mistake. >> now, this couple has paid the entire bill because they were told if they didn't, their water would be shut off. they are now looking for reimbursement. well, it is odd, unless they are secretly transporting it to michigan or something for the people in flynt -- -- that's wild. >> a lot of money. >> i want to talk about this january thaw we are going through. this is great. >> maybe a march thaw and april thaw and a june thaw. there are some days in march that end

a couple of snow phrur/ a couple of snow phruryes dropping off cape end, heading for the shore. remnants of what we dealt with, grays in the coastline. temperatures right now in the middle 30s, the city at 35, fitchburg at 33. big storm up in the maritimes today, right on the edge. only a couple of rain and snowshowers. that moves away and the lone weather system that we tracked for you this weekend, it's that right there, a warm front. leading edge of much warmer air, doing a good job, 20s, 30s, ahead of it. on the other side, kansas city, 48. more clouds in the afternoon and tomorrow evening. if you are traveling to the ski country, there may be a couple of flurry couple of flurries in those

increase in clouds. i think it's even warmer monday, but the numbers in the low to mid-50s. there is a cool front mid-50s. there is a cool front, but it's not an arctic front. this will come through on tuesday. normal high is 36. for tomorrow, mix of khrous and sunshine, 37-4 3. south coast, lower 40s. merlot mack valley, upper 30s. a lot of clouds around tomorrow afternoon. the one location, a couple of flurries tomorrow evening, nothing significant. in the cape and islands, melting snow. temperatures on the cape tomorrow, low 40s. sunday, morning clouds, developing sunshine. mild, temperatures near 50 on sunday. there you go, tomorrow after the warm front does its thing. boston 50 sunday afternoon. i know, might be out of sight out of mind, but skiing is tkaoept/ up north, it's not ideal, but

tomorrow in the 30s. ski country, numbers will reach the lower 40s. neck week, numbers in the 40s, 50s, even close to 60s, wednesday of next week. compare that to the last week and yes, we had another snowstorm on groundhog day of last year. i don't have that in the cards, but i have been looking at something long range looking at something long range. for those that love winter and snow, don't give up. next week, the pattern will go back to cold, where there is cold, there is usually snow. enjoy the break. this woman, running wild, making history. the first american woman to finish the world marathon challenge. here's what she did, completed 7 marathons and 7 continents in 7 days. not only does she finish, she wins the woman's

challenge and set as new course. a man from chicago won on the men's side great news about the celtics. >> a lot of patriots have time to run a marathon seeing they are not going to the superbowl.

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. some call it rebuilding, some reloading, some just tank some reloading, some just tanking. boston and orlando, after trips to the finals. one team surge team surging toward a playoff spot. celtics in search of a fifth straight win. eye say ya' thomas, -- -- tphroeud/ may ya' thomas, -- -- tphroeud/ mayweather in the house. later in the first, it's johnson hand in the first, it's johnson handing it off thomas, celtics up by 4. second quarter, kelley getting in on it -fp/

dribble, getting into the paint dribble, getting into the paint, throwing it down. one of 7 celtics in double figures, boston pulling up 9, second half, all-star thomas deliver half, all-star thomas delivering the knockout in front of mayweather. thomas putting up 14. 11th straight game. boston at the century mark. the longest stretch since 19935. the rest of the teammates enjoying r & r$ bergeron, humbled for the honor to be called a two-time nhl all-star. >> a lot of things, just to be named in an all-star game and enjoy the moment and really take advantage of the weekend and trying to have fun with it.

all-star game, special to meet league -- -- college hockey, 7th ra+eupg/ ed harvard, fast start for the crimson, working the advantage, shawn malone, banging home the rebound, and then in the second. check out tyler, forcing the turnover and taking it the distance, harvard winning it 4 to one. coming up next on monday against bc. 9 days away stpr/ the superbowl. peyton manning and

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