can see police and workers continuing to stand by there at the scene. you might be able to make out some of the ladders that they have brought down foot trench there. they spend some time trying to shore up the walls and make sure it's safe for those involved in the recovery effort. let's show you the view from sky 7 earlier when the water had rushed into a trench where the men were working we're told that trench about 12 feet deep. there were more than two workers in there according to the chief but some of them got out, two of them ground video we shot near that time. witnesses describe a frantic scene as the workers rushed first away from the rushing water and then back to try to get their co-workers out of there. some of them said to have been tran particularly trying to pull up plates to get workers out. the commissioner described as best he could at this time with little detail exactly what happened. it looked like somehow a

unfortunately they weren't able to get themselves out of the hole. this is like 20 feet deep down there? the fire said about 12 to 15 feet deep. the two people are still down there? ever source shut the power off. it appears continue a rescue operation. a recovery operation you should say to get these two people out. it's sad. construction is a dangerous field. the recovery effort continuing here and also the water and the streets are shut off in the area for the timing they will continue to be that way. we continue to watch both recovery and investigation here because we're told not only are police and fire he but also federal workplace investigators as well. but the time they are spending now has been to get debris out, get the water out and try to get to the men who apparently have lost lives while working on a private construction site here

dan hausle, 7 news. >> anchor: all right, dan. a viewer sent this video to 7 of the moments when that hole started to fill with water. water flooded the street and then things went from bad to worse. 7's tim caputo continues our coverage. he has some eyewitness accounts of what happened. tim? that's right. as you can imagine because it is the south end there were an awful lot of people around when this all happened. some walking the streets, some working nearby and they all said the same thing that it happened oh so quickly. people on these busy south end streets say it all happened in a matter of seconds. the first thing i saw was a bunch of water gushing real quick coming toward the middle of the street. but witnesses realized this was more than just your average watermain break. water was spurting out of the ground and we could see the workers kind of running around in a panic, all of them like trying to get help. some of the workers were able to get out of the 12 foot deep trench on dartmouth street.

then based on the response and the way the workers appeared when they left here, you could tell that something is really wrong. officials say two workers died in the trench. in the minutes and hours that followed many on these packed streets watched as workers consoled each other after this tragic work accident. it's term. you know, that you had to work so hard in these accidents have to happen. >> reporter: live you are looking at the intersecretary of tremont and dartmouth. you see the emergency vehicles still there. this intersection and many of the intersessions around it are still shut down of i know we have mentioned it before but it is worth reiterating this area will remain shut down for vehicles well into the evening hours. that's the latest live from boston's south end neighborhood, tim caputo, 7 news. >> anchor: the accident impacting traffic of course people being advised to avoid

let's go to matt fitzgerald for what he knows about what's happening with this involving the friday commute. matt, what you can tell. as you know the accident happened on dartmouth street near dedham street in the south end. as far as closures in the area go dartmouth street is expected to be closed through the evening commute from tremont street to warren streets. you went to try to avoid the south end all together if at all possible and because dartmouth street is closed we're seeing gridlock on the grounding street. you want it avoid tremont and washington street. tremont street almost back toward downtown. you also want it avoid and harrison avenue. right now your best bet is to take mass avenue to avoid gridlock in the south end. at mat fitzgerald, 7 news. >> anchor: we're also learning more about this construction company where the two victims worked. alex deprado is live h roslindale where the company is based. atlantic strayed halves is a family company. they are here on hyde park avenue in roslindale. they just shut down for the day. we have some video from a little

second generation drain cleaning company that fixes everything from household to hotel drains here at the company workers have been gathering all day to remember those two killed. they were obviously too distraught to speak. the company was established in 1978 and now another family member has taken over the company. we are live in roslindale, alex deprato, 7 news. >> anchor: alex, thanks. stay with 7 news for updates on this breaking story. we'v for updates any time download our 7 news mobile and tablet as or just log on to whdh.com. >> anchor: 7 news now turning to your forecast. we had some rain moving in and we could be dealing with downpours by later tonight. we're tracking some of that activity for you in fact right now on the radar so is the weekend washout chief meteorologist jeremy reiner standing by with details. >> anchor: i think we'll still deal with showers midday. we have showers and downpours right now most of the activities focused west of the city but

couple of sprinkles. there are showers over here on the south shore working up the south shore into the city and then eventually the north shore but a big batch of rain and you notice yellow and red right there just not of the pike up toward 290 and 85 going into hudson. those locations, that's where we have downpours of tropical moisture working into southern new england this evening and overnight tonight from a storm system that still is way over here across western new york and pennsylvania midnight then it will shut down then the storm will kind of wallop us with a another batch of rain through the middle part of tomorrow. after that moves through, then it is about the wind tomorrow evening and through the day on sunday. winds will be feisty, quite feisty, gusting over 30 miles per hour late tomorrow afternoon and perhaps gusting between 40 and 45 miles per hour on sunday. we'll talk more about that and the rest of your weekend forecast in a few minutes. >> anchor: also on 7, a man

assaulting in lawrence ordered held without bail. he is accused of kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old. as she was walking to school. today some new accusations, a second alleged victim coming forward. steve cooper is live in lawrence with that story. steve? jonathan, really disturbing allegations that have outraged everyone here in lawrence including the mayor and today here at the courthouse that suspect faced a judge but he also faced additional charges when as you mentioned another victim came forward 21-year-old angel mateo doing best to steer clear of the cameras in court during his arate on charges of kidnapping and rape of a child. what's your reaction to what happened to that 13 yearly girl? i amic about it. >> reporter: prosecutors say he grabbed the 13-year-old girl while she was walking to school yesterday morning and sexually assaulted her in his apartment. mateo told police he met the girl earlier on the week in social media and thought he was 18. police tracked him down because

arrest on disseminated obscene material back in april. the give has to be out of his mind. to do something like that. prosecutors added new charges during the arraignment after a woman came forward last night identifying mateo as the man she said tried to rape her back in may outside his lawrence apartment. young man that obviously is enticing women. >> reporter: the mayor now wants everyone in the city wearing those gps trng bracelets checked out. if you look at the paperwork on this gentleman you look at the list that got him into the ankle bracelet i am not sure was it a good idea to release him to a house within spitting distance of a school. for now extra police are in place outside the school complex so everyone feels safe. you have to make sure your children know what's going on and love them and pick them up. he is being held without bail and returns to the courthouse here for a

for sure whether or not there are any other victims here. live in lawrence tonight, steve cooper, 7 news. >> anchor: an suv flips over on belmont street in brockton. two people were taken to the hospital on stretchers but are expected to be okay. that's quite a scene there. police say the suv was driving out of a parking lot when it hit another car causing it to roll over and then land upside-down. >> anchor: now developing news, a new hampshire based another cyber attack at this hour. this is the third one today. a company helps optimize up the net service for some big web sites. twitter, netflix, visa. a spokesperson said attacks have overwhelmed commuters with malicious electronic traffic. the first attack happened this morning, the others this afternoon. >> anchor: counting down to the election just 18 days left until voters head to the polls. here she is tonight in

catholics. it's amazing i'm up here after donald. i didn't think he would be okay with a peaceful transition of power. >> anchor: so candidates clearly taking jabs last night during a charity dinner. new polls indicating a hard path to the white house for donald trump as the campaign enters the home stretch. amaka ubaka has more on new poll numbers. >> reporter: there is little more than two weeks to go before election day and the presidential nominees are campin the new polls show a tough road ahead for donald trump. rival hilary clinton challenging or beating him in southern states that were once formerly in the gop's corner. fresh polling shows donald trump struggling in states once solidly republican. christopher newport university poll puts hilary clinton up 12 points in virginia, 45% to 33%. and at atlanta journal constitution poll shows trump with a narrow two point lead in

bill clinton was the last democrat to win georgia back in 1992. hilary clinton speaking in n ohio friday as her campaign releases a hard hitting new ad featuring gold star father kaz are kahn. trump on the calm trail in pennsylvania after getting slapped for rigged election claims and getting booed during remarks at a charity dinner thursday n. smith's great, great grandson explained why attendees reacted negatively. donald had some very solid minutes in the early on and eventually he crossed the line an took it a little too far. cardinal timothy donal told nbc news the conditioned dates were much more civil away from the mic. mr. trump turned to secretary clinton and said you are one tough and talented woman and she said to him donald whatever happens we need to work together afterwards.

go we're likely to see less courtesy and more conflict on the campaign trail. this year many americans are voting early according to a n analysis about 3.3 million people have already cast their ballots in the 2016 presidential election. in the newsroom, amaka ubaka, 7 news. >> anchor: turning now to the patriots show down with the steelers. the patriots hoping to add a winning chapter in this storied rivalry. getting pumped up for the big game? of co about 8 points. not really surprising considered the steelers don't have their first string qb available. but the pats know it can't you can't be overconfident. trey daerr is here now with mor. the patriots and steelers set the standard for the top tier in the nfl with each franchise appearing at 8 superbowls, pittsburgh owns a record six lombardi trophies while patriots are not too forward behind taking home four super bowl titles spending the last 14 years. one player not phased by that steeler mystique is tom brady.

is 8 and 2 in his career against pittsburgh. 6 and 2 in head to head match-ups with big ben already ruled out for sunday's game brady and patriots are favored by more than a touchdown and what could be a preview of this year's ase championship game. heinz field inically a house of horrors for opposing quarterbacks but not for brady. 4 and 2, two of those wins coming in the championship game one of them with an assist from drew brees. despite prior success against steelers brady always expects the best when it comes to facing one of the franchises the history with so many teams and championships you know you will always get a dogfight when you play them. i have a lot of respect for them they played the game the right way. they are always physical, they are a tough, physical group. that's what comes out of pittsburgh. >> anchor: steelers enter the sunday show down with the third worst pats defense in the league so expect another big day in the

from his four game deflategate suspension. reporting live in the newsroom, trey daerr, 7 news. >> anchor: still to come together froze men her tracks. >> anchor: a local woman running into repeated issues with her new refrigerator with an effort to keep her cool she called solve it 7. >> anchor: two people now charged with an explosive crime in salem. today they faced a judge. >> anchor: standing as a symbol of love and resilience months after the pulse nightclub massacre. the gate unveiling a touching memorial. a gunman appearing in court this afternoon we are hearing from the teen-ager who was hit by a stray bullet in his home. >> anchor: we're staying on top of breaking news. a trench collapse happening in boston. two worers killed and a recovery operation is now currently under way. we're watching this closely and

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within months later noticed a problem. she said her new ice box was a little bit too icy. it was actually icicles dripping down forming. she called tobin brigid air and they immediately sent out a technician. he said that the door needed to be replaced and the thermostat, temperature gauge needed to be replaced. frozen frustration more repairmen were sent, more replacement parts installed but lori says her ridge fridge was still stuck in the ice age. they said it's we'll replace it. i said well i want my money back and they said we want do that. there ary's replacement was delivered and installed but after a few months the icy inconvenience returned. she says the second refrigerator started having the same problems as the first and that frigid air still refused to refund her money. instead sending they are a third refrigerator. five months later started icing up again. third same problem. fed up with getting the freeze

lori called solve it 7. i just want my money back so i can buy a different proud. our solve it team got to work and we took the frozen facts to our legal expert. legally did they have to give her her money back? ultimately yes. you have a right to say there is a warranty. what's a warranty? i can use it for what it's made for. the company should return the money. we reach out to the parent company electro. the representative told us "electrotake the connolly's concerns." show us the new edition to the family. this is it right here it. doesn't look much different than the other one. >> reporter: lori received a hand delivered check, her newly purchased replacement was installed. i like it. you are smiling now. this is what we want to see. i am very happy with the way everything went. he did a great job i think. >> reporter: we were able to close the door on this cold case and if you have a problem that has left you frozen in your

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thunderstorms moving through canton, providence county and rhode island. that has since lost the lightning but held on to quite a few raindrops and so we've got a big bag of rain working up across the pike up to 495 corridor, the worst her hills, middlesex county, city of boston not so much, kind of avoiding this big old bag of rain here and as we look farther south more rain trying to clip the south shore. most of us is over the fish. i think boston down route 3 up route 395 up into essex more intermittent but back into metrowest the worcester hills will be widespread rain. get the rain gear ready because again for some of you it's downpours for others it's that nuisance drizzle and mist but for everyone it's not cold, it's not raw. sometimes our october rainstorms these numbers will be down into the 40's but not the case. somewhat humid with temperatures in the 60's. from this storm system here, now it's way out there but it has such a reach that it's grabbing

yanking it up into new england this evening. so that's why we'll have the showers and the downpours which eventually will wind down around midnight tonight and then i think after midnight tonight we'll have a lot of clouds but not much in the way of rain and that's how we start saturday so the kids soccer games during the morning hours not much in the way of rain but again whatever you get tonight on those soccer fields there still may be large puddles out there. then as we step into the afternoon i do think there is going to be a second band of rain that works up into new england t little unusual to have cold fronts come at us from hartford and bridgeport. that's what happens tomorrow afternoon of the amount of rainfall on the way with this weather system, it looks like a lot of it is focused back into the worcester hills, half an inch to perhaps as much as an inch of rain and then farther east toward the city of boston the south shore quarter to half an inch of rain from that storm system right there there goes the cold front. look at this. yes, some snow showers and ski country.

showers into the berkshires, mt. greylock in particular. nothing for our pat of the world but for as you after rain feels peels out of here wind will intensify tomorrow afternoon. winds gust late tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night and through the day on sunday. so again as we work through the i did tomorrow, the wind does begin to pick up earlier i thought it would be windy all day but i hi it's just afternoon wind tomorrow. sunday is windy all day, winds gusting 35 to perhaps as high as 50 miles per hour. say good-bye to 50's then chilly tuesday and wednesday and thursday. see you at 5:30. >> anchor: jr, thanks. still to come two spooked to celebrate? why one new england town is canceling halloween.. >> anchor: we're sitting on top of breaking news today. sad news it is. crews working to recover bodies of to workers who got trapped in a trench when a watermain burst it. happened in the south end. an update coming up after this

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. >> anchor: and there is another 60 minutes of 7 news straight ahead. >> anchor: that's right. 7 news at 5:30 is getting started right now. >> anchor: two men accused of blowing up a newspaper box in court today and facing charges. >> anchor: plus, a thought. why one new england school is canceling halloween this year. >> anchor: and just in time for the chilly weather, 7's sara french shows you a recipe to complete a cozy night in. it's what's cooking. >> anchor: some breaking news to lead the 5:30 news. two workers dead following a watermain break in the south end. now a section of dartmouth street is closed as a recovery effort continues. first say the water fled flooded the trench that those men were working in.

to safety concerns at the scene of the accident. dan house has been covering the story for us for quite some time now in the south end. you have the latest for us, dan? what's going on? under light rain the slow, meticulous recovery earth continues behind me. you can see workers around a blue truck that was just brought in this is a large, modern, powerful vacuum truck. in fact, we can hear it powering up now as they put the hoes down into the hole apparently to still ge debris out of that hole that flooded sending two men to their death. let's show you video from sky 7 shot earlier today. you can get a look at the trench we're told it's about 12 feet deep, several workers were inside the trench when apparently a watermain broke filling the trench with water. some workers were able to get out, two workers weren't. witnesses tell us it was a frantic scene, first they see