including agawam recently. police say this is no laughing matter. 7's victoria warren has more. >> reporter: clown sighting across new england. it's anything but child's play. >> i heard the sirens. and started locking down and evacuating building. that's when it became pretty real quickly. >> reporter: merrimack college locked down after social media posts spread fast about a creepy clown. >> when you go on the phone and you see 7 different schools in new england all have the same issue, it is definitely something that is very frightening. >> reporter: overnight at penn state, thousands took to the streets. some car rig baseball bats after a scary clown photos were posted. in swansea, people called police about a freaky-looking clown walking around a mall parking lot. and in agawam, this video was enough to give some people nightmares. it turns out it was all part of a promotion for an event in town called scare-fest. >> we were never intending to put anyone in danger or scare anyone. we were trying to make a

in agawam, this video was enough to give some people nightmares. it turns out it was all part of a promotion for an event in town called scaes danger. we were trying to make a bad viral video. >> victoria: at merrimack college they quickly determined it was all a hoax, but no one is laughing about it. >> it's just irresponsible. it's a fire alarm on social media. >> victoria: and they are definitely investigating to find the source of all of this. they did evacuate one building. they told other students to shelter in place. they did not find anything suspicious. andover, victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: vicki, thank you. it's 5:05. developing right now, police are searching for a driver who took off after hitting a opinion in wear hamp police say the crash happened on cranberry highway last night. the 56-year-old victim was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. >> sarah: police in melrose are investigating a deadly crash man. working outside on a truck was killed when a car slammed into him. this howard afternoon.

he was from agawam. he parked in the break down they don't know why he stopped in the breakdown lane or why he would step into the road, but the truck driver is not facing any charges. >>> quincy police say mechanical issues did not cause this school bus to crash into a house on tuesday. the bus first hit a fire hydrant, snapping a telephone pole, ran over a mailbox, and clipped an suv before hitting that home. 32 elementary students were on board at the time. five of them were hurt. the bus driver and the driver of the suv were also hurt. police investigating. >>> well with just about 24 hours to go before the mass pike switching to electronic tolling there's a last-minute scramble to get an e-zpass transponder. >> some people are having trouble. just look at this line at one of the e-zpass centers. long lines of people trying to get through the doors. lisa hughes -- liam martin is here. >> reporter: david and lisa, we are. a lot of people are frustrated. tomorrow night cash tolls are a thing of the pas

in swansea people called police about a freaky looking clown and in agawam this video was enough to give some people nightmares. it was all part of a promotion for an event in town called scarefest. >> we're never intending to put anyone in dangers but trying to mick a bad viral video. >> reporter: at merrimack college they determined it laughing about it. >> it's a fire alarm on social media. >> reporter: here at merrimack college they evacuated one building and served the campus -- sevenned the campus, -- searched the campus, vick vick, 7 news. >> crews spent the morning fixing a water main break that flooded arrow street. they had to shut off water in order to fix the break. a house up in flames in revere. it happened on avenue. the fire started in the back of the home and the fire spread. the red cross responded to help three people and a dog displaced by the fire. >> ryan: a man accused as posing of an uber drive and sexually assaulting a student is back in jail. the district attorney's office says that he was under house arrest and ordered a wear a gps bracelet but he removed his b

in agawam this video was enough to give some people nightmares. it turns out it was part of a promotion for an event in town called scarefest. put anyone in danger, just trying to make a bad viral video. >> reporter: at merrimack college they determined it was all a hoax. but no one is laughing about it. >> just irresponsible. it's a fire alarm on social media. >> reporter: here at the college they ended up evacuating one building. they searched the campus. they say they found nothing suspicious. in north andover, victoria warren, 7 news. >> ryan: boston police are investigating an arminged robbery at a downtown restaurant. police received a someone robbed the south street dinner with a weapon. no one was hurt itself. >> jadiann: several roads were shut down in charleston early this morning as a water main break flooded arrow road. crews have removed the damaged pipe, and are in the process of replacing that section. crews have shut off water to a few homes and buildings in the area but it is expected to be restored shortly. all roads are back ope

agawam, six flags, west springfield an western massachusetts, you can see the snow on the road. glad the daughter took the picture and not the mother. westfield, he sent us a picture earlier from ludlow, massachusetts, most vehicles going below the 40-mile-per-hour speed limit posted out interest on the massachusetts turnpike. futurecast shows the rain continuing to come on through. snow changes over to rain, warmer air is taking over, up above, but has to make it all the way to ground level to change it over to rain. berkshires, but for most of you watching, southern new hampshire to central massachusetts, some of you in southern vermont getting into rain too, heavy rain aft times, late tonight and into the morning. this is the center of the storm coming right through here. and as it does, the winds are going to start to blow hard too and that's something meteorologist shiri spear will be talking a lot about in the morning, maybe some spots of damage she'll have to be tracking as well, so make sure you check in with her, but for this evening, we'll keep tracking the rain on out