out how that driver ended up on the wrong side of the highway. steve cooper in middleborough the with latest. wrong way crash, car on fire. that was the radio call that sent emergency responders cram bling to 495 in the middle of night. the end result of a wrong way driver. the crash this morning was caused by the wrong way operator traveling southbound in the northbound lane. >> anchor: rescue crews arrive it say a woman driving south on the northbound lanes of 495 and middleborough slams head on into another car with four people inside that burst into flames on impact. all five people were pronounced dead at the scene. there was nothing we could do at the time. there was so much fire involved in the one vehicle. both cars including the mercury sable with the four victims are transformed into piles of twisted metal. state police say the driver who was hit head on never had a

frustrating to troopers. extremely sad. question do the best we can but sometimes fate overwhelms us al. >> anchor: an accident reconstruction team trying to work on why the driver jumped on the highway where she did while everyone else is processing how so many lives could be lost in an instant. this was exceptionally horrific accident for or guys and for the families involved. >> anchor: state police aren't releasing the victim's until familiar me members have all been notified, all they say right now is their investigation into what happened is ongoing. in middleborough, steve cooper, 7 news. >> anchor: 7 news now turning to your forecast after a wet weekend take a look at boston. live sunshine reporting today along with those fall like temperatures and i hear there they were playing it cool this week. let's send it over to jeremy reiner for a check of the forecast. that is correct right now middle and upper 50's the city at 57.

jaffrey around orange 50 degrees. we reach the upper 50's today which is where we should be for this time of year but the warmest day of the week is today. so from here on out we trend downward. win out of the west and northwest anywhere between 10 and 20 miles per hour helping to drag in some chilly air from canada. we had a cold front move through here very early this morning tied to an area of low pressure that's why we had clouds and for some of you some showers but not a repeat of last friday evening. here comes high pressure out of cloudy skies. the wind will back off a little bit. again this evening around 14 miles per hour and then settling to around four miles per hour after midnight tonight. it will be chilly though with temperatures between 33 and 39. the morning commute offers clear skies at 6:00 a.m. mid and upper forth 30's then by 9:00 a.m. lots of sunshine, a cool morning and slow recovery. sometimes you can see temperatures bounce from 30's up into the 60's but that won't happen tomorrow. we are stuck in the 40's tomorrow afternoon. the forecast for the rest of the

>> anchor: little more than two weeks now until our election. voters head to the polls in 15 days. hillary clinton teaming up with elizabeth warren up in new hampshire today as she works to sway undecided voters. well, donald trump focused on the state of florida today holding several round table discussions before heading to a rally in saint august even. recent polls show clinton now has a double digit lead over trough of the neither campaign is showing any signs slowing down of we begin our political campaign trail with the democrats. byron? well, today hilary clinton trying to close the deal with voters here in new hampshire and she got some help from one of her big-time surrogates, elizabeth warren of massachusetts who really fired this crowd up. a confident looking hillary clinton appearing in the battleground state of new hampshire alongside massachusetts senator elizabeth warren who slammed donald trump

has a mouth full oftic tax he can force himself on any woman within groping distance.. >> reporter: warren said women have had it with trump. >> reporter: and nasty women have really had it with guys like you. get this, donald. nasty women are tough. nasty women are smart and nasty women vote. >> anchor: clinton blasted trump for refusing to say if he will accept the election results. that is a direct threat to our democracy. i'm not going to try to call it anything else because that's what it is. all of this talk about the election being rigged. >> anchor: clinton also tied to give a above the to new hampshire senate candidate governor maggie hassan in hopes that a hassan victory will help democrats win become the u.s. in the. unlike her opponent she has

donald trump. she knows he shouldn't be a role model for our kids or for anybody else for that matter. >> anchor: in the time two weeks of the campaign, the clinton campaign says we can expect to see more of her other big-time surrogates stepping for her in new hampshire. live in manchester, new hampshire, byron barnett, 7 news. >> anchor: and to the republican party nona what recent polls are indicating. brandon gunnoe continues our coverage with more on trump's day of campaigning in the sunshine state. >> reporter: kim, trump said he only counts polls if they are in his favor. today speaking in florida he said polls are ewing democrats and another indicator of how the system is rigged. today in that donald trump said he is actually beating hillary clinton. i believe we're actually winning. i mr. every that. >> reporter: two polls do show him ahead until we but trump

poll and trails by six in an average of national polls and in battleground states he is close or ahead only in iowa, ohio and florida. he tweeted calling polls felony. i think we're winning. we're up in ohio. we're up in iowa. we're doing great in north carolina. i think we're doing great in florida. i think we're really, identity we're going to win florida big. bringing up hillary clinton's e pail investigation trump said hillary was never going to pay for her crimes. it one of the closest people to hillary clinton with longstanding ties to her husband and herself gave more, this just came out, gave more than $675,000 to the campaign of the

oversee the investigation into mrs. clinton's illegal e-mail server. >> anchor: trump continues to campaign in florida today holding a israeli in tampa later tonight then he is back in florida tomorrow in tallahassee. in the control room, brandon gunnoe, 7 news. >> anchor: mayor marty walsh heading to the poll today. he is kicking off the first day of willy voting in masses by casting his ballot at city hall. this is the first year the state has allowed early today encouraging people to vote before election day. we want to just continue to make it as easy as possible for people to get out and vote so there is no excuses why people can't vote and they can't give us whatever reason it is. they can't vote in this election. we're open on the weekend, open during the week. >> anchor: 20 early voting lotions are open around the state. many of them open 7 disa week and into the evening you can go

>> anchor: three state troopers receiving a special honor today at the statehouse in boston. these troopers received the medal of honor for their involvement in a gun fight with a man who shot and killed auburn police officer ronald tarantino in may. one of the troopers was shot during the shoot out. the suspect was killed and they told us this day is bittersweet. it's a tremendous honor to receive this but i think the cost of losing was, it outweighs the award. it was a hard day for everybody involved. it continues to be difficult i'm sure for the tarantinos so i think about them every day. >> anchor: and tarantino's parent were there today. they expressed their thanks to these troopers for their braver. >> anchor: tom brady taking a strong stance against domestic violence. brady was asked about how he felt about his deflategate suspension being harsher than the domestic violence punishment for josh brown.

to say this morning on radio station weei. any type of abuse or bullying or, you know, people who can't defend themselves or fight for themselves, i have no respect for that. like you said the nfl, they claim to take tough stances and this is the with. i will let them deal with it. it's absolutely something i would never be a part of or do. it's just a terrible tragedy. >> anchor: the nfl is currently placed brown on the commissioner's exempt list pending further investigation. >> anchor: also on 7, a tour bus trip coming to a deadly end on a california highway of the driver plowing right into the back of that tractor trailer. the national transportation safety board is now taking a

in fact investigators wrapping up a news conference just moments ago. 7's ryan schulteis here in the news loom with what we have learned. >> anchor: one thing we did learn today the bus had no seat belts and likely no data recorder or black box. wreck is one of the deadliest in california history. a tour bus return los angeles slammed into the back of a tractortrailer. 13 peel killed including the bus driver. another 31 were hurt. the california highway patrol and ntsb are investigating what caused the deadly crash. we can't say defi was. again, we talked about fatigue yesterday. we talked about a medical emergency yesterday whether it be a heart attack, seizure, we don't know. we don't know about a distraction of sorts. we don't know about whether there is a mechanical issue with the bus. >> anchor: so investigators are hopeful the completed autopsy of the bus driver will bring some clues as to whether if he suffered some medical emergency or possibly under the influence of something. the ntsb said they will be on the scene investigating for at least the next five days to even

ryan schulteis, 7 news. >> anchor: u.s. backed iraqi forces fought into two villing ans today as they progress toward mosul. this fight to retake the isis held city still home to a million people. the coalition says it carried out six air strikes near mosul yesterday destroying 19 isis fighting positions along with artillery and tunnels. the offensive is expected to take weeks, maybe even months. five people are dead after a plane crashed into malta of the plane went down shortly after takeoff this dipping to the right and then crashing in a field. so the plane was heading to libya's coast to monitor migrant trafficking routes for the french government. the french defense ministry said the victims are three defense ministry officials and two private contractors the airport was closed for four hours while debris was cleared delaying more than a dozen flights according to a notice on the airport web site. >> anchor: a major merger between at around t and time warner could have a big impact

buy time warner for $85.4 billion and close the abization by the end of next year. the deal would bring together at&t's wireless, broad band and sad light tv service with channels such as cnn, nbo and tbs all owned by time warner. what it allows us to do is move faster with more invasion, better consumer offerings, more different price points, more effective advertising and therefore people are gog content can be bourne by advertising. and the experience of watching television can be better. >> anchor: regulators still have to approve the deal and investors seem unsure if that will happen as at&t stock is down today. >> anchor: all right, still to come here this evening, see the moment a police ride along turns into a high speed chase and even a shoot out in california. >> anchor: then at 5:30 a college campus on edge after an assault that dorm or heading out

what police are saying about the search for a suspect. >> anchor: also ahead the ex-wife of former pitchman jared fogel suing subway. what she claims the company kne. >> anchor: a freak accident and police believe they found the body of a teen-ager who disappeared in friday's heavy rain. we'll tell you what happened and the steps the city is now taking. >> anchor: taking a toll. how the way you pay on massachusetts highways will soon be changing. >> anchor: tuesday, is there a house like this secretly ruining your neighborhood? hank found hundreds of these so-called zombie homes all across massachusetts. what do you think about that? it's terrible. >> anchor: those responsible for these and why do you end up paying for them? hank investigates zombie homes

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ayotte believes in the potential of new hampshire, and wants to unleash that potential. ron goguen: she's out there fighting for good-paying jobs. andrew crossley: kelly introduced bipartisan training initiatives to make sure we have the skills for the 21st century. sue winter: she's fought against workplace discrimination - and for equal pay. claude poisson: she's working for the little guy - i'm the little guy. barb fredette: we need kelly fighting for good new hampshire jobs so our kids can raise their families here. sue martin: kelly is a powerful voice for new hampshire's working families. kelly ayotte: i'm kelly ayotte and i approved this message. 11:00.. >> anchor: this police ride along takes a terrifying turn when the cruiser come under fire it. started when an officer tried to pull over an suv. >> anchor: not only did the driver refuse to stop but during the chase you heard it, someone started shooting. shots rank out early sunday morning after a police officer tried to pull over this white suv in california. just arthe officer tried to stop

you are kidding me, right? that woman a passenger in the police car hoping to learn more about being an officer. the ride along taking a dangerous turn when the passenger of the suv pointed a gun out the window and started shooting. . the gunman firing more rounds during the chase, striking the officer's windshield and the car tire forcing them to stop the pursuit. the passenger suffering minor scratches from broken glass scratches or minor injuries from the glass chards but other than that the physical ailments, there are none. >> reporter: that white suv was found abandoned a few blocks away. the suspects nowhere in sight. the weapon an ar 15 style pistol was spotted nearby. the police officers new to the force and passenger in the patrol car rattled but okay. heroic under fewer fire, new officer went through his training did, extremely well.

>> anchor: california police are searching for at least two suspects. they have not yet made any arrests. >> anchor: coming up next on 7 a baby gets a licer, the adorable photo from police overseas showing no one is above the law. >> reporter: mostly sunny skies for tomorrow. a chilly breeze, the forecast is up next. >> anchor: and at 5:30 up in smoke. an rv filled with marijuana laced candy catches fire on a busy delaware highway.>> are you always tired in the morning. >> anchor: we are breaking down big mistake we make every time we try to get a little shut eye. details tomorrow morning bright and you know me. that's new hampshire kelly ayotte.

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>> anchor: we're back providing a live view of the sun setting. at natick right now where traffic is moving a long but school to see sun raise hitting the camera there. really overall a nice day across new england. a little cool, certnl like it should this time of year. >> anchor: well, that was pretty unless you know the sun is moving to the west it's actually kind of freak pretty dangerous. it reminded me i need to wash my car bass it's even harder to see. so nice out there. >> anchor: lots of is sunshine through the afternoon and more sun coming at us tomorrow and again on wednesday but it's cooler. it's in fact we'll go ahead and label this chilly tomorrow and wednesday. temperatures i don't think will make it out of the 40's tomorrow afternoon or if they do they are

minutes tops. dry until thursday and then rain comes at us thursday afternoon. that may, that may start as some sleet. worcester hills, southern new hampshire on thursday afternoon. rainfall october, yeah, we had a lot of it last friday evening. you know that. for the city of boston 4.07 inches of rain averaging about an inch above normal. this would be the first point for the city where we have above noral rainfall since february over all for the year run to make it up somehow. you don't want friday night happen day after day but you grab these rainstorms when you can and there is another one coming at us early friday morning. i do interthink it will be quit as rambunctious as the one on friday night because that one coming at us won't tap into any tropical moisture. 50's right now the city at 57. norwood at 56. bedford at 55 with a mix of clouds and sunshine. a beautiful evening. granted it's going to turn cool. it's that time of year where once you lose the sun you lose

through the day tomorrow when we get the sun back it's going to be tough to warm things up with high pressure coming out of canada, brag draging these temperatures with it this afternoon. the adirondacks, northern new england, green mountains even into the berkshires temperatures are in the 40's and i don't think we're going to are i do think we'll see temperatures to that tomorrow afternoon. so for tonight partly cloudy skies that wind will fade away it's chilly overnight tonight and we hold on to that chill for the entire day tomorrow. lots of sunshine, breezy, up i 40's to around 50. the city right at 50 degrees, norwood 49. attleboro at 48. the merrimac valley upper 40's with partly to mostly sunny skies, again a northwest wind about 10 to 20 miles per hour. into the worcester hills jaffrey 45, barre 46. makes racing leaves tough of i was out there this morning with my wife and i was like put that there. we have to do that again tomorrow. we're talking about piles of leaves everywhere and windy as well. wednesday lots of sunshine.

upper for ease and then as we work into thursday here comes our next storm system that will come out of great lake states and there will be left over cold air from tomorrow and wednesday so thursday i do think it's going to start as some sleet, more so western new england than central and certainly not, i mean if you are waving us from anywhere inside 495 this is just a lily rain coming at us thursday evening. but likely there would be a burst of sleet pellets before it goes over to rain into worcestei you have one or two sleet pellets metrowest or the merrimack valley then we talk about beneficial rain thursday night into friday morning. those downs probably a half inch to an inch of rain and it's kind of cool and raw on friday. temperatures in the upper 40's. halloween right now dry, certainly no snow like five years ago but somewhat on the cool side. temperatures next monday upper 40's to around 50. see you at 5:30. >> anchor: wait until you see what the costumes i will bring

at night? >> anchor: for our late news i will bring you something. >> anchor: that's a good tease. i will be here. >> anchor: good stuff. moving a long police in england pulling over a driver who had been drugging but not drinking what you might think. >> anchor: it turns out it was all a joke. the driver was a toddler and she was behind the wheel of a toy car. the police department tweeting out this picture. you can see the girl in the convertible with a breathalyzer in her mouth and police caption the picture officers ask the driver's parents if drinking. they replied she had a couple of bottles that morning. >> anchor: notice the drivers seat on the right hand side too. >> anchor: all right. she is british. >> anchor: still ahead on 7, bri eggers going up against a member of the green team. see who mastered baby boot camp in today's who it better. >> anchor: then protesting in yoga pants. why dozens of women and men took to the streets of one rhode

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>> anchor: glad you are with us on this fall monday across new england. another hour of 7 news still ahead. i am adam williams. >> anchor: i'm kim khazei. 7 news at 5:30 starts right now. >> anchor: on alert a sexual assault reported on the bu campus. investigators now looking for a suspect. >> anchor: hot wheels on the goes up in flames. >> anchor: trading in crowns for capes. why experts say it's looking like a super hero halloween. >> anchor: and oh baby. bri eggers goes one on one with the celtics star in the nursery to find out who did it better. >> anchor: first at 5:30 police are investigating the sexual assault on the campus at boston university. allegedly it happened early sunday morning at a dorm there. >> anchor: tim caputo live in

behind me mostly a freshman dorm where this incident allegedly happened. a at the went out to all of the students but many tell me today they wish they were given more information. an allahing start to the cool week for state of the union at boston university. an alert sent via text to students informing them that a sexual assault happened at one of the dorms on commonwealth avenue. the text didn't provide too many details, only saying a student reported being sexually assaulted at the warren towers early sunday morning. students received the text say it's troubling but didn't make them too nervous. usually if i'm out late at night i'm just across the street so i live really close to where i go at night so it helps me. >> reporter: the victim reported the crime sunday afternoon but unable to provide police with a description of suspect. their security 24 hours a day at warren towers but it's unclear how the suspect got inside. students who got the alert wish they had more information about the incident.