homicide investigators are going to try to work with, any witnesses. >> reporter: so this area is shut down. west cottage street here in dorchester and police tell us any charges that the shooter will face will come after his interview with detectives. live in dorchester, i'm alex depratto 7 news. >> adam: bourne police have arrested an 18-year-old in the attack of 14-year-old. witness stepped in and the suspect ran away. now he is facing charges including attempted kidnapping and strangulation. he will be appearing in court tomorrow. >> kim: also on 7, a man suffering a profound loss earlier this year when he drove drunk and crashed his car killing his best friend. >> adam: he appeared in court today to change his

day for both families. -- joins us live with more. >> reporter: joseph was inspected to 3 and a half years in the house of corrections. three years of probation after that and he loses his drivers' license for 15 years. that is the price he is paying for causing the death of his best friend and devastating a family. >> all i ask is that you think twice before you act once. >> reporter: a tearful fatherle that took his son's life. >> how do you plead to this, guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> reporter: 20-year-old joseph castano of vermont admitting guilt in the death of his friend student craig samson. back in april kass stano was behind the wheel when he crashed into a pole in beverly killing samson who was in the passenger seat. police say kass stano's blood alcohol content was

are going to drink, that other people have your keys. >> reporter: the attorney says kass stano accepts full responsibility for an incredibly senseless and stupe itabled. >> he is not at peace even when he is sleeping, is there no escaping what he has done. he is shouldering the burden that he killed his best friend. he will life with that forever. >> reporter: someson's family members don't want revenge or retalti learn from their tragedy. >> i hope that our loss, that our loss is painful as it is, can maybe prevent somebody else from having the same loss. that's all. >> reporter: samson's father says the only reason his son got into the car was to console his friend who

altercation. i'm byron barnett, 7 news. >> kim: now to revere where a commuter train slams into a car. that actually is a car in pieces. and in anage amazing escape two people in the car walk aid way but the driver is facing charges. steve cooper is live in revere to bring us up to date on this. >> reporter: here are some of the pieces of the car that you were' talking about. it was littered all over this railroad crossing several hours ago. most of the been taken away but now that driver is facing several charges. >> it was a big bang. my buddy goes i think the train hit something. >> reporter: captured on camera the horrifying scene here in revere. a car literally sliced in half by a train when the driver tries to weave his way around a gate and flashing lights warning drivers of an oncoming train around 10:30 last night.

like, whoa. you know. i was surprised. >> reporter: the uninjured driver plus a passenger not only scramble out of the pile of metal. they walk away from the scene. police say all this follows an earlier fender bender, the driver took off from. >> poor kid was shaken up. i don't think they'll have a fender bender like that. it was a crazy situation. >> reporter: through the day crews worked to test and retest the crossing gates learned the 25-year-old driver had turned himself in where he is facing charges that include leaving the scene of an accident. residents who rushed to the scene say it's a miracle no one was killed. >> thank god no one was hurt. i can't believe how close the train goss got to the two seats. legit into the way -- >> use it as a teaching moment and we tell our young daughters never mess with the train. >> reporter: the driver who is name isn't being

will be summonsed to court and by then we're told he could be facing even more charges. in connection with what happened here. live in revere tonight, steve cooper, 7 news. >> adam: to a developing forewe are learning that president-elect trump may be considering former massachusetts governor mitt romney for secretary of state. ryan schulteis in our newsroom with more on that. >> reporter: despite all the nail calling nbc news is reporting that the president-elect with the 2012 nominee. but now the tide seems to be turning. reports suggest romney is in the running for secretary of state. newt gingrich will not serve saying he wants to focus on the future of the g.o.p. i'm ryan schulteis, 7 news. >> kim: former massachusetts speaker of the house sal dimasi granted that early release from federal prison. he will be led out of a north carolina prison as a compassionate release. he suffers from both throat

underwent treatment in prison and is in remission now. demassi was sentenced to eight years for corruption and served five of the eight. >> adam: a bucket truck gets stuck up in the air. a worker had been putting up lights and realized he couldn't get down. fire crew has to come to the rescue. john cuoco has h is live. >> reporter: the worker says there was a problem with his truck. it started leaking some fluid. you can see where they've without that fluid, he got stuck up here with the christmas lights. a happy ending to a holiday mishap when an electrical worker is rescued after getting stranded stringing christmas lights in came at raymond park. >> i blew a hide drawal you can line and got stuck up there. >> reporter: bob eliot spend and hour and a half up in the air in husband trick while the crew tried to figure out what to do. >> told them to shut down the truck. i got down from my truck and

from the controls. -- manuel from the controls. it wouldn't work. >> they tried to get me down. my guys tried to get me down but it didn't happen so they called the brigade. >> reporter: firefighters responded with a truck of their own putting a ladder up to get bob down. >> we saw so many fire trucks pull up, and the firefighter got the guy out of the cherry picker. that was' that. >> reporter: sky 7 h.d.was over the ground. he fine. it was no big deal as for finishing the christmas lies they'll have to wait for now. >> probably not today. >> reporter: so we asked one of bob's co-workers if they thought he was afraid when he was stuck up there. they said no way. they spent way too much time in the bucket trucks to ever be afraid. john cuoco 7 news. >> adam: coming up next, it's become the norm in boston.

street. >> why is this crosswalk such a disaster? (horns). >> kim: hanks investigation and holds city leaders responsible for the dangerous intersection. what they're saying about the crosswalk confusion coming up. >> adam: rob gronkowski as missing in action today. we'll have more on that coming up in sports. >> kim: a man shot and killed in dorchester. police say the shooter knew the man and he is newn we'll be back.

>> adam: busy boston intersection leading pedestrians on a risky road. >> kim: who is to blame for this traffic tangle?

chaotic intersection in boston. >> it's awful. >> reporter: where merrimack street runs into stanford street. >> why is this crosswalk such a disaster? >> reporter: signs and directions here are so conflicting and so misunderstood. they force everyone on foot and on wheels to make risky decisions. >> i was never a jay walker until i moved to boston. >> reporter: look, pedestrians get their walk light, but a few seconds later the left turning drivers get their green light. that puts them in the same place at the same time. >> you can't turn. yesterday. >> reporter: here drivers use the brand new bike lane forcing those on bikes to use the car lane. >> dangerous. >> reporter: watch this. look at all these drivers zooming right on a red arrow. city offices say you can't do that but car after car powers through without stopping. woe to those who try to obey the law. >> see how long before people honk their horns for the right turn. there we go

this irritating intersection is one part of a new federally funded project. one that is supposed to make it easier to get around boston. including those cool new bike lanes, but when we hung out with traffic experts here, they told us frankly, it's not working so well. >> the lack of guidance that both drivers and pedestrians have is making a lot of people feel nervous. >> reporter: here is the deal. city traffic officials promised this tangle is a work in progress. >> we've been tweaking it. we've been adjusting things >> up in the city's traffic control center they're monitoring the intersection to figure out the best way to make it work safely and firm for those on foot or on wheels. >> we're trying to balance it out the best we can. >> reporter: when we told them how many drivers we taped zooming illegally right on the red arrow the city decided those days are about to be over. they're making it no turn on red. >> the time will go up --

>> that will get fixed. >> reporter: is there an intersection you think is annoying or unsafe? let me know. just e-mail me at tellhank@whdh.com. i'm hank phillipi ryan. >> kim: i bet hank gets a lot of feedback on that. everyone has their road where they think it's dangerous. >> adam: the one by the garden, it's the worst. >> kim: a lot of people use it. >> adam: a lot of people thinking about the >> reporter: saturday dry, sunday a few issues.

>> reporter: sunshine tomorrow. mild. temperatures tomorrow upper 50s to around 60. the weekend front loaded with sun and no wind. sunday it's moving day. we're going to warms air out with a cold front. it turn chilly. next week you will see that in the seven-day forecast. 40es a and 50s right announcement the city at 51. norwood at 50 degrees, had a lot of cloud front part of the day and they broke apart. faded away. there is more cloud offshore and that is tied to a storm system that will not bother us that will stay over the water. here is another storm system. that will be the first winter storm that the u.s. sees. already snowing on the front

minnesota, 6-12 inches of snow likely for the upper mid west. for us not the snow. we'll deal with the cold front which will bring colder conditions up into southern new england. out ahead of the weather system, though, it's still work. chicago right now in the upper 60s cincinnati at 65. detroit at 57 so that will set us up for a mild day tomorrow. not quite as warm as chicago but still above normal by 10 cool,34-42. it's a nice one tomorrow. friday. it's 56-62. so at times the north wind may bend over to the northeast. and the come off the without so because of that i'll play conservative with boston and plymouth. upper 50s but if that north wind holds firm you will be in the low 60s in the stay. you will be in the low 60s in lakeville, north of town much the seam.

out on the cape and the islands, mashpee at 56. nantucket at 56 as well. high pressure with us again on saturday. great day for yardwork. maybe play some golf. lots of sun. no wind. then as we work into saturday night here comes the cold front barreling out of the great lakes states. we'll have some rain showers sunday morning and it'll turn over to snow showers in western and northern new england. the timing is perfect for the ski areas because they're going to get a shot of snow in ski country for us in southern new england, no snow flakes but windy sunday afternoon. wind will gust between 20-25. your forecast. looking into next week. i spy a new pattern. cold. mix of clouds and sunshine on monday. tuesday and the wend low to mid 40s thanksgiving looking cloud i with a chilly rain developing thursday afternoon.

>> reporter: it's looking more and more likely the patriots will be without rob gronkowski when they travel to take on the 49'ers, gronk sitting out a second practice practice but his expected absence is not the only challenge the patriots are facing in san francisco. >> any time you see a guy like that you know who takes a big hit like that or wants to stay in the game. >> announcer: early thomas is going -- to want to pray for him a little more, want to play for whoever it is. >> reporter: not many players in the league can take a hit like rob gronkowski. remains very much questionable for sunday. >> we all have different injuries at different times, if it's something that you are capable of playing with, if it's something the doctors say you can't play it if it's up to us the majorities of the time most guys are going to play. >> reporter: the potential will be absence would be a blow to the patriot who are

a loss holding a 37-6 record. >> we not thinking about last week. we're just looking to win this game, focus on this game so we know we got to win more and improve more. >> you hate losings. you wash it away. you don't put it back in a jug. >> reporter: the biggest key to getting back in the wind column finding a way to contain a style of quarterback that has given the patriots fits all yearlo different. they may escape the pocket and look to pass, they probably can be different like that but you know, there are similarities to being able to make plays reference pets perfect injury. nate solder thes only other player not at practice today. his status was not injury related. reporting inside gillette, trey daerr, 7 sports. >> reporter: mooky bets

betts hoping to beat out mike trout and the as rows el duvet to become the first red sox to win the award since pedroia. a major reason why the red sox won the american league but it wasn't enough for the voters who went with trout making him the first a.l.m.v.p.since 2003 to come from a non-play-off team. first place votes finishing second in the voting. isaiah thomas is making an early case to be in the running for an nba m.v.p. he lead the celtics a win over the mavericks. the celtics will need a similar performance tonight when kevin durant and the golden state warriors invade the garden tomorrow night. >> it's what you live for. it's what you want.

we'll be ready. we're all pretty good about these and you got to do our job, worry about what we do and protect our home court. >> reporter: the bruins will be without their leading goal scorer pos ter knack when they take on the minnesota wild in the finale of their three-game road trip. >> anchor: 7 news at 6:00 will be rightac plan plan >> reporter: we're in haverhill for this week's class act where we're highlighting three teenagers who are bringing bridging cultural and language gaps with an awesome program. you will want to see it coming up on 7 news today in

>> adam: that's all for the news at 6:00 on a thursday, thank you so much for being with us today. i'm air dam williams. >> kim: i'm kim khazei. we'll be back here for 7 news at 7:00 and 7 news at 11:00, until then, everybody.

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