boston where a fire truck and car collide in the back bay causing a serious chain-reaction crash that have ten cars damaged and five people taken to the hospital including four firefighters. >> that's right. kim is in the newsroom with more on the latest on this for us. >> the firefighters were on their way to a call when this crashed happened. engine 7 was helding up commonwealth avenue just before 11:00 this morning and that's when they collided with a car at dartmouth car and damaged other cars in front of them. right over comm avenue. you see the serious front end dpaj to the chevy truck for example. the trooifr of that car and four boston firefighter had to go to mass general. two of the firefighters now released and everyone is expected to be okay. breaking today. the patriots traded star linebacker jamie collins to the browns.

third-round pick. the 27 yerd was a second-round pick by the patriots in 2013. of course, our sports director will have much more this evening, but for now in the newsroom, 7 news. also on 7, morning mayhem today in boston. businesses evacuated and streets shut down all because of a gas leak that broke out near boston's government center. >> officials say contractors working in the area hit a gas main. we've in boston with much more. >> i came up the street and was ke >> reporter: of a rough start to the work week in downtown boston after a work crew struck a gas main near the intersection after 8:00 a.m. >> i was in the building 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 to still to work and 40 court street are ordered to evacuate whether gas

six street level businesses were impacted well. >> we have the presence of gas in those buildings. >> danger to the area? >> well, it's outside, and it's vented to the outside. some of it is looking into the immediate building, so again, it's as a precaution we just evacuate them. >> boston police quickly seal off the roads around the leak, leading to traffic troubles at the height of the monday morning commute. >> it's disruptive but happens. hopefully it gets cleared up on capping the gas leak and working to air out the buildings where the gas had seeped inside. no one hurt but disruptive here, but most seem to be taking all this in stride. >> go get a coffee and stand around and wait. that's about it. >> reporter: a lot of sdrumgs around here but the good news so no 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

week. it happened last tuesday at quarry street. several children were taken to the hospital but they're okay. the driver is cited for negligent operation and marked lanes violations and could face several fines and two years in prison. a man accused of the alarms assault of a broxton high school student was in court today. he raped the student in the school's parking lot on thursday during school hour made plans to meet up the day he sauled here. the 44-year-old is pleading not guilty. darius berry is charged with second-degree murder for killing a 23-year-old man in east boston. officials say the attack happened on paris street in august. a group of thieves caught on camera in bolten. look at this. home surveillance video shows one thief grabbing a political

running away. both the democratic and republican signs have been stolen. activists in maine held a vigil to show support for the pipeline protesters. nearly 100 people gathered in bangor with anti-pipeline protesters. it was held days after a protest in north dakota leading to 140 arrests. they're trying to block the construction of the dakota access pipeline in at the vigil. >> it means the world to him. he just asked for prayer. i asked if he wanted anything or he said he just wanted people to pray. >> protesters say it will hurt the environment and destroy nearby native-american sites. a scare at new york's metropolitan opera. a man walked up on stage and had a white substance. >> we have spoken to more than

to an individual from out of town who indicated he was here to sprinkle ashes of a friend, his mentor in opera. >> investigators say they think they know who he is. an audience member who didn't realize the scare he was about to cause. during intermission at a performance at the metropolitan opera house on saturday afternoon, a man walked up to the mostly empty orchestra pit and sprinkled white powder, bhaets now believed to be ashes. that the met cancels all of the evening shoi. 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 he felt he was doing anything that was wrong or that he had a reason to flee. >> reporter: audience members had no idea what caused the disruption, but they say the evacuation was calm and orderly. >> there was no panic or anything. just probably wise that they didn't start announcing about

gentleman came out on stage and said there was an issue, and the second time that was it. >> reporter: an issue meaning what? >> it seemed like it was -- >> he claimed it was a technical issue. >> so a lot of confusion at that time still? >> yeah. everybody was okay. >> we're opera-goers, we're orderly people. >> police say no one was hit with the powdery substance. >> in my 11 years as general manager, this is a first for us. we have had people do this in other venues, stadiums, places, monuments, and try to honor people. so it's not something that we haven't seen before. >> reporter: christa dell camp, 7 news. caught on camera, police releasing new video of a terrifying airport attack in new orleans. it happened in 2013. a man sprayed bug spray on the people in the security line before attacking them with a machete and chased a tsa agent through the metal detector.

a possible abduction is caught on camera in virginia. you can see two suspects pull up outside of a walmart in woodbridge friday night. after leaving the car one suspect returns and opening the trunk and moments later they appear to force the victim into the open trunk. they then back in and speed away. police are still looking for them. a panda wrestles an intruder that snuck into an exclosure at a zoo in china. he was showing off to his friends, but then the prank turned to panic when the panda grabbed the man's leg and pulled him down to the ground. he was able to escape. neither panda norman was hurt. >> he was delayed several hours due to terrorism concerns when a passenger overheard a suspicious foin conversation when he reported that everyone was removed from the plane and rescreened, they didn't find suspicious divisions and there was no arrest.

video of a man kicked off a cable car went viral. he's holding a pit bull on board and arguing with the police officer. the woman said this dog is a service man mall. service animals are allowed on board. they're looking into that incident. a birthday boy paying it forward sfed of asking for gifts, he uses his birthday to raise money for the family of a fallen deputy who shares his same name. >> my >> he's a big royals fan, but this little slugger has hey heart of gold. >> i want to be a firefighter when i grow up, so i really support like cops and paramedics and firefighters that die. >> reporter: every day he passes the memorial for deputy brandon collins that died last month in the line of duty. >> we have the same name. brandon callollins and brandon bautista.

bring donations. >> he hoped to raise $50. >> when she said $335, i was just really excited. so we could help his family. >> reporter: much of his inspiration comes from other royals fans who have helped after tragedies. >> i heard the marlins guy gave $10,000 to each of the firefighter families. >> mom is now proud of her son and grateful to a community that inspires off, because that's where he's seen it. it's not like he came up with this out of the blew blue. he saw other people do good things. >> they're grateful for all the support from people across the area and even across the country. ahead, from homework to script writing, a local high schooler getting laughing on "snl." a suspected drunk driver hits a mother and dwo daughters in salem, the driver facing a judge. a fire truck on the way to a

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makes them laugh. we have more. >> reporter: from ali beard it pays to be funny. last month the high school senior was hired as a freelance joke writing for "saturday night live." >> it is the most surreal thing. >> for years she's written jokes as a hobby, so she decided to take a shot and apply to be an "snl" freelancer. >> that's what i've dreamed of since i was a little kid and i was told, okay, well, maybe you want to have a mor 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 eye got and she made me laugh. >> i know i'm happy when i laugh

>> she sends members the material and has to wait for the show to air to know if any of it is used. >> it could be the weak, and it's so fun. >> far no jokes made air, but she's not discouraged. >> more motivated and driven to make a career out of doing what she loves. 7 news. coming up here on 7 news "7t 5:3 5:30", it's a coffee challenge. who makes the better barista. is it br medals. >> maybe it's in the trick-or-treating forecast. some chilly temperatures tonight and then a mid-week warm-up. how evening commuters deal with delays as crews tear down tolls booths across the mass pike. a tewksbury man facing alarming charges today after he beat a 15-year-old boy at a

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the halloween forecast may give you the chills with the mild temperatures we enjoyed to wrap up the weekend yesterday. it will be mild again by the middle of the week, but we continue the ups and downs. can you keep up? fall is typical this time of year. we're 10 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. it was a mild day yesterday, even 70 degrees coast before the rain moved in. for tonight it's dry and chilly. upper 40s stretching from bedford into boston, 45 in worcester, 54 degrees norwood to plymouth. any way you cut it and slice it, trick-or-treating forecast is for a jacket and possibly a heavy coat. mostly clear skies and as the winds die down, it allows the temperatures to cool off

by 9:00 p.m. in the upper 30s and the temperatures continue to drop overnight into the mid and upper 20s for some typically cool spots with clear skies for us. again, mostly sunny for us tomorrow. it's crisp and cool, sort of your quint seven yal fall day. thank goodness it's sweater weather. we have a warm-up into the middle of the week. it's fairly mild. not n near 70 degrees in some spots. here's what's happening with the jet stream, the separation between the cool air to the north and the warm air to the south. all of that warment is centered in the middle of the country right now. we will tap into that for a couple of days before that cold air surges back in to wrap up this week and head into next weekend, and i got to say it's not completely out of the realm of foblt for a few flurries next

for us. hard to believe when you look at the mid to upper 60s for wednesday and thursday. about 10 degrees above seasonal averages. we hold off on the rainfall, much needed rainfall into thursday. it looks like it's a possibility to get thunder boomers in here. nothing severe a flash of lightning and rumble of thunder not out of the question. much-needed rainfall and we wrap up october in a pretty good way half and this is the first time with an average month above february but we're close to nine inches below average for the entire year. we take every drop we can get. that doesn't arrive until plate thursday and it's breezy and chilly for friday and into the weekend we fall back an hour. an extra hour of sleep and forecast models are an hour earlier. yahoo!. >> thank you. nasa shares a look at yesterday's partial solar eclipse.

one-hour lunar transit in front of the sun. nasa says at the peak the moon covered 59% of the sun. you can sort of see the phases right there. pretty cool. >> it's monday, which means it's time for who did it better. >> that's right. today she's taking on -- this is no easy challenge, an olympian champion. >> a judo master. >> that's not an easy task. >> we had a latte fun. you have to decide who did it better. pay close attention. >> full steam ahead this week, as wet ge the caffeine fix in boston's north end. >> we're joined by two-time olympic gold medal kayla harrison. >> you can borrow one for today, though. 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 we can make a latte, foam design and all. >> i do drink a lot of coffee. >> so do i.

running on? >> i've had three shots this morning. >> we're ready to go. >> we may love coffee, but we're no experts. >> oh! >> so we turned to cafe paridso manager for some help. >> wow. >> that's like the tree of life. >> it's like a tropical storm. >> then it was time to get to work. in three, two one. make a latte. this is perfect. too much. >> you sure that wasn't too much >> that looks good, make sure to clean it off. locked in in first try. i see what you're doing wrong already. this is one minute already. when you're in competition do you already feel like you might be winning, or do you have to wait until it's over? >> i always know i win. a little bit of a spill on the side. >> good lord. >> that's it. time. i'm sure it's delicious.

>> ready, three, two, one go. zero. >> >> we're going now. that's too much milk. i hope i didn't burn the milk. >> are your tools? what happened? where did they go? >> you're good. >> do it three times. >> all right. >> i put it under here. >> louie, it's not coming out. >> don't blame louie. this is all on you. now it's coming out. >> i think it's going to be a little bitter. >> oh. >> wow. >> 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 but served

we're shaking too much to drink these together. >> cheers. >> looks like a lot of fun. >> she was a latte fun. i couldn't keep up with her java jitters, but we are knocking them back, coffee, several of them. >> we are saying while we were watching that she could tie you in a pretzel if she wanted to. that's amazing. >> she was like i could show you how to tie you in a pretzel. she was awesome. it's up to you to decide who did it better. head to our website, we have the results tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. ahead at 6:00, engine truck in the back bay. an accident involving afire truck sets off a chain-reaction cra crash. a new clue. police try to track down the person that attacked a trolley driver. the patriots stunning fans with a trade today. what they will get from the browns in exchange for linebacker jamie collins.

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well, the kids are out and about trick-or-treating tonight hoping to have bags of full of canada by the end of the night. >> experts have tips to make sure they stay safe and healthy this halloween. don't eat any candy until you get home, so that the parents can help inspect it. kids shouldn't eat homemade treats unless you know who made

in the wrappers. you should check for pinholes and tears or unusual smells or appearance. experts say to sum it out, when it doubt go ahead and throw that candy out. >> what's your favorite candy if you had to pick? >> maybe a snickers. >> i thought peanut buttercup for sure. >> no question, huh? i like anything that's chocolate. i won't complain. another 30 minutes straight ahead everyone. happy halloween to you. >> "7 news at 6:00" starts right now. a a fire truck on a collision course. then commuters get an easy pass on the mass pike. it's the first test of a toll-free commute. >> a mid-week warm-up is on the way. how long does it last? >> a renewed investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails days away from the election. donald trump trying to capitalize as democrats aallege the fbi director may have broken

the patriots stunning fans with a surprising mid-season trade. "7 news at 6:00" starts now. now on 7, a cause for alarm. >> thanks god no one got killed today. >> a call ends in a crash. >> he hit the fire truck, and the fire truck ended up swerving and hitting the cars on the side of the road. >> what we've learned about a wild pileup. >> several firefighters went to the hospital when that fire truck collided with a car first in the back bay. >> the accident set off a chain-reaction crash, but fire officials say it could have been worse. steve cooper live in boston with the story tonight. steve. >> reporter: we should mention off the top tonight, two of the four injured boston firefighters have been treated and releasted from mass general hospital tonight. as for the crash, look behind us here. comm avenue, traffic is flowing and it was shut down for hours today as of investigation was

happened in an instant. >> it's surreal. i've never seen anything happen like this in my entire life. >> terrifying moments before noon today. the driver of this red chevy collided with engine 7 headed to a call. >> it was shocking. >> the crash touched off a demolition derby that sent the fire truck up on two wheels, cast kaeding down the sidewalk brushing two suvs and damaging eight other parked cars. witnesses scrambled into action. the driver of the car. >> i opened up the car door to make sure nobody was inside. my mom is a nurse. >> that driver and four firefighters were taken to mass general hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. the fire commissioner says they're still trying to figure out what happened. >> witnesses have made the assumption that the driver -- the light changed and the driver kind of went out into the intersection and then made contact with the apparatus. >> reporter: the crash scene