they say engine 7 was heads up com avenue when the engine collided with a car at dartmouth street. it veered off and hit a parked car and damaged other cars parked in front of it. four firefighters and the driver of the first car were taken to nearby mass general hospital. two of those firefighters have since been released. all are expected to be okay. as you surprising news from foxborough. an espn report says the patriots have traded star linebacker jamie collins to the cleveland browns. in exchange, the pats will receive a third-round pick. the 27-year-old was a second-round pick by the paths in 2013. no official word from the patriots yet. they're on a bye-week with the next game november 13th. that's the latest. live in the newsroom, adam

two kids appears in court today. police say he was drunk whether he hit them. >> the mother and her children are recovering now at the hospital but that driver is facing serious charges. kelly o'hare has the details. >> i failed three field sobriety tests according to the police report, and witnesses say him tossing a 12-pack of budweiser. do you have anything to say to the family that you >> reporter: the 52 dexter mitchell moned to our cameras and not talking about the accident. he was drunk behind the wheel when he hit a mom and twin daughters. >> prior to the defendant approaching the police officer, he did pull up to a dutch ster and take out of his car later identified to be several beer cans both empty and full and throw them in the dumpster. >> the family was crossing the

hit. witnesses told police they say mitchell slow down but didn't stop. however, mitchell's attorney disagrees and says he turned him in. >> unfortunately, it was an accident that happened, but there's no evidence it was careless or that the vehicle was swerving. there's no evidence like that. >> reporter: as for that mother and her two daughters, they are expected to be okay. one of her daughters, though, has some serious broken bones still at mass general hospital. mitchell is due in front of a o'hara, 7 news. a man accused of assault tonight. they say andy tau raped a student in the school parking lot during school hours. they met on a family party and had plans to meet up the day he assaulted her. the 44-year-old is pleading not guilty and held on bail. the 18-year-old man accused of stabbing and killing another man appeared in court today. darius berry is charged with

court today for stabbing that man to debt death on paris street in august. streets shut down and businesses evacuated after a gas leak near boston's government center in morning. contractors working in the area hit a gas main. we have the latest. >> i came up the street, and i was just shocked to see everything happens. >> a rough start to the work week after a work crew struck a six-inch gas mai a.m. >> i was in the building. it was probably about 8:00, one of the guys came up and said, everybody out of the building. we have been standing here ever since. >> dozens of people were already inside work and 40 court street were all ordered to evacuate when gas levels inside the buildings were threw the roof. six street level businesses were impacted as well. >> our meters indicate the presence of gas in those

but some is leaking into the immediate building. as a precaution we evacuation them. >> the boston police seal off the roads around the leak, leading to traffic troubles at the height of the monday morning commute. >> it's a little disruptive, but it happens. i mean, hopefully it's cleared up soon. i'm trying to stay positive about it. >> work crews spent hours capping the gas leak and working to air out the buildings. no one was hurt just a little most seem to be taking all this in stride. >> go get a coffee and stand around and wait and see if we get back in today. that's about it. >> reporter: a lot of disruption around here, but the good news is dwroun h no up one was hurt. the cause of the gas leak is still under investigation. in downtown boston, steve cooper, 7 news. a quincy school bus driver has been cited after his bus went off the road and hid a house last week. the crash happened last tuesday on cory street near the

the hospital but are okay. police say the driver is cited for negligent operation and marked lanes violations. he could face several fines and up to two years in jail. we're following more news. it's all clear after a square over the weekend at new york metropolitan opera. a man dumped on stage and dumped a white powdery substance in the orchestra pit. >> we have spoken to more than one witness that spoke to an individual from out of town who sprinkle ashes of a friend, his mentor in opera. >> reporter: investigators say they think know who is. an audience member that didn't realize the scare he was about to cause. during intermission at a performance at the metropolitan opera house saturday night he walked up to the orchestra pit and sprinkled white powder, what's believed to be ashes now. the met then canceled ought of

investigators say the man didn't say anything as he spread the substance, and he was seen on surveillance video casually walking away. >> i don't believe that he felt he was doing anything that was wrong or that he had a reason to flee. >> reporter: audience members say they had no idea what caused the disruption, but the evacuation was calm and orderly. >> there was no panic or anything. just probably wise they didn't start to announce about white powder. on stage saying there was an issue. it seemed like -- >> he claimed it was a technical issue. >> a lot of confusion? >> yeah. everybody was aware. >> we're opera-goers. we're normally good folk. >> no one was hit with the powdery substance. >> in my 11 years as general manager, this is the first for us. we have had people do this in other venues, stadiums, pub

honor people. so it's not something that we haven't seen before. >> reporter: christa dell camp, 7 news. activists in maine held a vigil to show support for the pipeline protests. they gathered with anti-pipeline protesters. it was dayed aft after clashes broke out. the mother of one arrested spoke at the vigil. >> it absolutely to him. he just asked for prayer. i asked him if he wanted anything. pray, pray, pray is all he wanted. >> they want to block the construction of the dakota access pipeline in north dakota. they say it would hurt the environment and destroy nearby native-american sites. a massive fire in northern california forces more than 1100 people to leave their homes. they balthsdzed this three abarm fire at a construction complex under construction.

the sky. no word or how the fire starts or if anyone was hurt. caught on camera. police have new video of a tiring airport attack in new orleans in 2015. soo investigator say a man sprayed bug spray on the people in the security line before attacks them with a machete. if you remember, this was last march. he chased a tsa agent through the metal detector. he was shot and killed. a possible abduction is caught on camera in you see two suspects pup you will outside of a walmart after leaving thele car, one returns and opens the trunk. moments later they appear to force the victim into the open trunk. the suspects get back in and speed off. police are still looking for them. video of a man kicked off a cable car in san francisco is going viral. he's holding a pit ball and arguing with a police officer. the woman says the dog is a service animal.

it's not clear if he was a service animal. sft transit officials are looking into the incident. up next, she's no joke. a local high schooler here showing some times being the class clown does pay off. the late night gig she just landed. we're trying our hand as a work with me here a barista. i was trying really hard. to see who would make the better latte. she takes on a local gold medalist. a chain-reaction crash. a fire truck and car collide sending five to the hospital. also breaks, the patriots make a big trade today. jamie kaup lunz traded to cleveland for a third-round pick. a lot of news to get to.

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years old but she's writing for s fl "snl." >> we have the story. >> for a little burrow's ali beard is pays to be funny. last month the high school senior was hired as a freelance joke writer for "saturday night live." >> it's the most surreal thing. >> for years she wrote joke z a hobby so she applied to be an "snl" freelancer. >> that's at since i was a little kid. i've been told maybe have a more realistic job. >> while in class one day, she got an e-mail. she got the gig. >> oh, yeah. i booked it. this was an emergency. >> she called me at work one day in tears and she said, dad, i got a job writing jokes for "saturday night live." i couldn't believe it. ever since she was a kid, she's made me laugh. she's so awesome. she really is. >> i know that i'm happy when i'm laughing, and if i can

rewarding thing. >> she gets paid per joke. every week she sends staff members her material and has to wait for the show to air to know if any of it is used. >> this could be the week. this could be the week. it's so fun. >> so far none of her jokes have made air, but she's not discouraged. >> no. more motivated. >> driven to make a career out of doing what she loves. nicole olivario, 7 news. kayla harrin gold, and let's see if she can take down this local judo champ. >> it was a lotta fun. not that clever. we'll have the forecast in a few minutes. not so spooky for halloween, and a mid-week warm-up on the way. a fugitive in oklahoma wanted there. the gun battle that brought this manhunt to an end. a woman pinned in her car

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there have been some pretty scary, actually scary years of weather during the halloween time starting with storm, the perfect storm in 1991, snow toeber in 2011. and there was hurricane sandy in 2012. not all that spooky for the last few years, but whether you get milder temperatures in, it can sometimes have wet weather when you get it dry, you can get some cooler temperatures in there. it's a pretty average halloween for us as we head through this evening. 52 in boston, norwood, plymouth as well. 49 in bedford, 47 in worcester,

40s for most of us by 7:00 p.m. mostly ghosty, cool and creepy heading out in the costume. it might be a struggle for all the princesses who have to wear a coat over the sparkly dresses, but it will be necessary. clear skies, light winds allow for the temperatures to fall back quickly tonight. a light breeze at this point, 10-mile-per-hour winds just out of the northwest. it adds an extra chill to the air. overnight tonight 26 to 38. it gets very cold by tomorrow morning with a lot of radiational cooling, the heat from the surface escaping back into the atmosphere. we have a lot of upper 20s on this map for tomorrow morning's lows. it's 38 for boston, and tomorrow it is a touch more mild, closer to average for this time of year. very crisp, very cool, very quint centennial fall.

the us, but we have a mid-week warm-up and we enjoy that with a boost in temperatures for wednesday and thursday. next chance for rainfall isn't until late thursday night, but there could be thunderstorms embedded in the wet weather activity and breezy and chilly friday. this is most of the wail out to the westin tolls and slow right after the westin tolls. crawling on the upper decks of 93 north, you're on the breaks from the tunnel past commerce way and then again from route 133 past river road, lower deck is moving okay for now. you hit the brakes into the southbound tunnel.

you'll be heavy out of the tunnel down towards the gas tank from granite avenue to the braintree split. >> it's morned which means it's time for bho did it better. you can add another title to na name. >> it's full steam ahead this week. we get our caffeine fix at the cafe in boston's nont end. we have two time olympic gold medalist kayla harrison. >> just one time for a couple of hours. pretty sure this is going to weigh me down a little bit. >> the challenge, see how fast

all. >> i drink a lot of coffee. >> how many shops are you running on. >> so far i've had three shots of express seo express seo. >> we may love coffee but we're no experts so we turn to the manager louie for some help. >> wow. >> that's like a tree of life. >> it looks like a tropical storm. >> then it was time to get to work. in 3, 2, 1. making lattes. >> too much. >> you sure it wasn't too much. >> stop messing with me. >> that looks good, yeah. make sure you clean it off. it's looking good. locked if in first try. i see what you're doing wrong already. this is one minute. >> a minute all right? >> when you're in competition, do you feel like you might be winning? do you have to wait until it's over. >> i always know it will win. >> that's good. a little bit of a spill on the side. good lord. >> oh, that's the time.

>> dang, that was my secret weapon. >> ready, 3, 2, 1, go. >> we're going now? >> it started. >> that's too much milk. i hear the noise. careful. >> where are your tools? what happened? where did they go? >> oh, you're good. i don't think you would bang it out. >> you do it three times. all right. >> i put it under here. >> louie, it's not coming out. this is on you. it's been a minute. >> louie, it's up not coming out. now it's coming out. >> i think it's a little bitter. >> uh-huh, uh-huh. >> i go with honey. >> it's natural sugar. >> and it's good. >> i do like that. >> all said and done, kayla came in at 1:55 making a big splash right at the end. i was a latte slower at 2:45,

louie's approval. >> a whole lot of fun. we're shaking too much. >> you're slower and buft. you're a little messy. >> they fueled us with so much caffeine it was hard not to tremble the entire time. >> i have more respect for my barista know. >> as a person that loves the lay take, you need yours. >> one step at a time, ryan. we made the coffee but it's up to you to decideho we will have the results tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. >> maybe we can fill out how to put your face in the next one with the latte milk. thanks, beya. ahead on 7 news, happy halloween. we show you how some celebrities are seg brating the holiday. ready to head out when others head home.

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[ music ] >> beyonce and her family dressed up for the holiday. the singer and her daughter was salt and peppa. she posted this on instagram of their song and cute outfits. >> they go all >> that makes any costume i try really lame. i didn't mean to call you out earlier. >> i meant to say halloween and not hollywood. >> we'll give it figured out. kim and adam will get you through the next 90 minutes. now at 5:00 we look at two stories. >> the patriots trade a star player.

mid-week warm-up. police need your help to find this suspect accused of attacking an employee. >> a woman stranded in her car for five days. how crews rescued her just in time. a fire truck and car collide in boston's back bay. the engine ran into a parked car, and it caused a change reaction. four firefighters and one other person had to go to the hospital after that crash. >> right now we know two of them have since been released. investigators say that truck was responding to a call at the time. let's get out to steve cooper live on the scene in the back bay. steve. >> adam, witnesses tell us that everything here happened in a split second. the encouraging news tonight is two of those four firefighters have been treated and released from mass general hospital. as for the wreckage, much has been towed away.

see an suv beyond us and two or cars. those are three damaged cars lined up along com avenue. some of the damaged cars are unrecognizable. everybody talks about the frightening crash today. >> just seeing the whole thing happen is surreal, but i don't know -- yeah. >> reporter: chaos on com avenue just before noontime today when a man driving a red chevrolet collided with a 30-ton fire fruk, engine 7 with four firefighters on board was headed to a call when happened. >> he hit the fire truck, and the fire truck ended up swerving and hitting the cars on the side of the road right there. >> reporter: the impact sent the fire truck barreling off the road ending up on two wheels before touching off a chain-reaction crash with eight other parked cars. >> my first instinct was to run and make sure everybody else was okay. >> before the firefighters were taken to mass general, where