kelli o'hara live now in chelsea with the latest on this terrifying attack. kelly. >> good evening, liz this neighborhood is on edge tonight. >> i rarely go out at night. >> things are getting worse every day. it's crazy. you can't even leave your house when it dark out. >> reporter: people here scared for their safety after a vey -- violent attack on a young woman walking home. >> i feel like have i to be extra careful because this happened. i feel bad for the woman, too, she must be in a lot of pain and scared to death now. >> reporter: karen padilla's land lady heard the entire thing >> she didn't know what direction it was coming from. >> reporter: chelsea police on the street saturday night when out of nowhere three men beat her up, slashed her and took her money. >> reporter: a city councilman for the area is outraged by the attack. he says part of the problem is the lack of lights and security on the street, and says something needs to change so an attack like th this one doesn't happen again >> there's only one light on the whole lane. no lights. >> re

the night team's kelly o'hara live in sturbridge with their stories. kelly? >>> good evening, nick. guests. they said they were sleeping inside of this lodge last night when all of a sudden those smoke outside of their door. they say tonight they are just alive.. sunday morning while jamie and her family slept just hours after seeing her sister get married, smoke and flames woke the connect connection woman and her loved ones up out of bed . >>> it's a family event, we had we got woke up up at 3:30 in the morning baying on the door. there are trucks everywhere my family is like in their pajamas. they were like all of our stuff is in flames. not something you expect for a wedding . >> reporter: fire engulfed one of the lodges. wedding guests sent running from the rooms since fire burned outside their motel room doors . >>> i had 8 family members in that building. they, i mean, one of my family members the flames were right out their door. they opened the door and slammed it and ran out the back door it's crazy to think the roof is collapsing and that there wer

kelli o'hara live with more. celi -- kelli. >> reporter: good evening. police say two men stormed into everyone inside especially the clerk. after they pistol whipped him inside. police want to you take a close look at the faces of these two >> something that we're not going to tolerate. >> reporter: just after midnight investigators tell 7news these men walked into the market on broadway and everet with an agenda, they wanted money. >> that's bad. >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: you see the dangerous duo showing the clerk a gun then jumping behind the register. cameras capturing the terrifying scene as the clerk puts up his hands to defend himself before he was hit in the head by this gun. the pair made away with the cash in the rench certificate. people around here, not surprised. >> it's an easy target. it's the only store that's open on this entire strip. >> unfortunately people are crazy now days. really have to worry about everyone. >> reporter: and the mayor says perhaps they need to make sure stores like this aren't open late anymore. like, for

the night team's kelli o'hara is live with this story. >> kelli. >> good evening, nick and liz. a group of nuns, believe it or not were walking and praying in these woods right behind me earlier when they heard this man calling out for help and they managed to save his life. >> you can call it divine intervention. saturday afternoon a man chopping wood had a horrible accident. and no one was there to help. but someone was watching out for him. >> it looks like he was cutting some wood and a tree had actually fell on him. and it was a large enough tree that he couldn't move. it started to get dark. >> the situation for the 74-year-old was only growing more dire as the clock ticked on and the temperatures started to drop. firefighters say the wrenthum had been lying on the ground calling, yelling for help when suddenly someone did hear him. >> the nuns found him after hearing the calls for help. they went out and investigated. >> the seniors from st. mary's assertion nuns walking in the woods before prayer heard the 74-year-old's pleas and rushed for help. not able to lift the tre

kelli o'hara, 7 news. >> ryan: rollover on 95 south in norwood. police say a car somehow went flying in the woods. an animal found in a tight spot. he had a plastic jar stuck on its head. officials received self calls from people who shotted the coyotes but it ran off. it hasn't been seen since. hopefully it can quigg out to get that off. >> firefighters in fischburg. >> players are focused. what they have to say about the matchup coming up on 7 >> kim: firefighters in fitchburg taking a swan dive you might say. rescuers took an icy plunge birds. so the swans found themselves on a pond on thin ice. no action. >> ryan: inching along nick emmons shows us how they managed to pull off this slippery save. >> wearies -- we rescue people, animals, whatever we need to rescue, it is a >> reporter: the first responders at fire headquarters jump to save swans at mirror, lake. >> as the ice forms there is only a small area where they can congregate. that is the sometimes when you rescue them. >> reporter: the deputy says if crews don't get the birds predators

kelli o'hara in lexington with the latest on this. >>reporter: state police say an accident happened earlier today that was a freak accident, a sad situation where somehow this tire became loss on this young woman's car and flew over the embankment and killed a man in this freak accident. a tragic accident on the side of 128 earlier, a young woman dreufg a pick-up truck somehow loses a tire from the back of her truck. that truck flying over the barrier into oncoming traffic, hitting and killing a man driving on the northbound side. it landed on his roof and windshield. when rescuers arrived to try to help the man out, it was too late. the impact killed him. you can see the state police on both sides of the highway for hours reconstructing this accident. troopers were looking

kelli o'hara is there >>reporter: good evening. you can see the snow is really falling down. not a good day to forget your hat or gloves. this is just accumulated at about the last hour and a half, so definitely the one to two to three inches that jr has been talking about here. they are trying to problems here. crews around here salting and sanding to make sure these roads stay safe. some are excited and a mixed reaction on the >> i'm happy it's going to snow this year but hopefully it won't snow for a long time. >> it's snowing for sure. nothing you can do about it except be ready. >> i'm not ready for >>reporter: neither am i. do you like the snow? >> it's coming. one to three tonight but we'll see. >>reporter: but you're excited? >> i am excited. >>reporter: that guy is excited that means big business snow because he can be out plowing. crews say they are going to be out all night to make sure these roads stay safe. in worcester tonight, kelli o'hara, 7 news. >>> there is breaking news in boston, a serious accident out on tremont street, a pedestrian hit by a car and it c

kelli o'hara live in fans field kelli? >> reporter: sad situation, all police will say at this time is this is a death investigation and their hearts and prayers go out to the family. the hole in this mansfield pond, its only reminder what happened and firefighters forced to make a heartbreaking recovery after a man fell through the ice and discovered dead early sunday morning, a day after family reported their son missing. mansfield police tell 7 news they got a call around 2:30 yesterday from concerned parents, wondering where their adult son had gone. investigators say they searched and their evidence led them here. that's when they discovered the map in the water, police posting this message or their facebook page, saying their hearts and prayers go out to the family. now, police are not releasing that man's identity at this point in time nor are they going on camera. all they say, again is their hearts and prayers go out to the family and anyone with any information exactly what happened in this man's death is asked t

let's go outside to kelli o'hara live with the latest on the investigation, and how the clerk is doing this evening. cel -- kelly. >> reporter: good evening, kim. the man is recovering at home. people reacting to these photos of a convenience store clerk job. >> yiewfertly people are crazy now days. really have to worry about everyone. >> reporter: investigators tell 7news just after midnight two men walked in this market with an agenda. cameras capturing one of the men jumping behind the counter, showing the clerk a gun and pistol whipping him and making off the with the cash inside the register. >> it's an easy target. it's the only store open on this entire strip. >> reporter: people not surprised but disappointed. the mayor says they'll find these two men in order to make sure something like this doesn't happen in his city again. >> it's something we will not tolerate. we'll address like for insince one clerk working at 1:00 a.m. in a business. hours of operation are a concern to me. >> reporter: the mayor again says he doesn't want something like this happening again at all alteri

kelli o'hara, 7 news. >> poor thing. if you make it back into the station, i have another pair of gloves for you. >>> you can get the latest on our winter weather by downloading our mobile and tablet apps. >>> on to the breaking news from the pentagon right now. iran seizes two u.s. american sailors on board. >>reporter: adam, the crew of two small naval boats are being hell by iran but american officials are received assurances from troin will be returned. the incident happened near an island in the middle of the persian gulf. the boats were moving between kuwait and bahrain when they lost one of the boats encountered mechanical trouble. the crew was picked up by iran. secretary of state john kerry has called iranian officials immediately. learning of the incident president obama is also now involved so we will continue to follow this story from the breaking news news room right now. we'll continue to follow the story. >>> patriots have one shot to change the >> hopefully we can flip the script. >> as another injury com

kelli o'hara has the story. >> reporter: you can call it divine intervention. saturday afternoon a man chopping wood had a horrible accident. no one was there to help. but someone was watching out for him. >> looks like he was cutting some wood and tree fell on him. it was a large enough tree that he couldn't move. starting to get dark. would have been there. >> reporter: the situation for the 74-year-old was only growing more dire as the clock ticked on and temperatures started to drop. firefighters say the wentham man had been lying on the ground for two hours yelling for help when suddenly someone did hear him. >> the nuns found him afternoon hearing calls for help. >> reporter: sisters from mount st. mary's nuns walking in the woods before prayer heard the 74-year-old's pleas and rushed to help. the nuns called 911 and rescuers were led to the man where he was free and flown to the hospital. firefighters say if it wasn't for the women, he may not have made it through the night. >> probably not with the injuries and the cold and exposure. how lucky was he so

kelli o'hara is live on what happened for today. >> reporter: good afternoon. prosecutors say the 45-year-old targeted this woman and many others and outlined things in a 94-page affidavit and says there are more charges coming. 45-year-old thomas shan in handcuffs in court and in front of a ridge. she in big trouble for allegingly posing as a woman, asking men on websites to do bad things. >> we're stating she wanted to be kidnapped, rape and tortured. >> reporter: prosecutors say the problem here was woman. a woman he had not spoken to in years. he stole the woman's photo, identifyity and put her address onegin. prosecutors say there are other women who are victims. to rape and torture numerous other women. none was aware off consented to the graphic and violent rape requests that shan made on their behalf. the investigation remains ongoing. >> reporter: the man's attorney says his client has never committed a crime. >> no one was ever contacted. no one was ever accosted as a result of the conversations. >> reporter: the 45-year-old is eligible to get out of

in the newsroom, kelli o'hara, 7news. >>> a man arrested in worcester during a breakfast honoring martin luther king junior facing a young today. video shows christopher horton on the ground monday as officers organizers at event says he was passing out flyers and asked police toes court him out. he pled not guilty to several charges in court today including assault and battery on a police officer. >>> we're following more news here today. frustrations continue to spill over in flint, michigan as the city continues to deal with this contaminated water supply. michigan's governor is planning answers and actions as federal investigations do continue. >> reporter: bottled water continues to pour into flint, michigan along with controversy and concern over the city's water crisis. >> water is a basic human right and everybody deserves clean water. >> reporter: residents in flint haven't had clean water since april of 2014. to save money the city began using the flint river as itself source for water supply. and tests showed elevated levels of lead in that water but officials insisted it was

an everett man is facing serious charges, but police told 7's kelli o'hara, this incident could have had a much different ending. >> i think it's crazy. a lot of people out there that really don't know what they're doing. >> scary. that's crazy. why would someone do. that >> reporter: reaction across the city to video of a man punch tag boston police officer again and again. you can see the altercation play out on the left side of the screen in this eyewitness video. there's a man in red, allegedly hilting that officer. and p.p.d. says it was without warning. the man was 32-year-old andrew bowman and he approached the window and said, you heard about began. things got even more intense after bowman ran away and other officers caught up with him. he said, allegedly, you were doomed and going to die. however the 2323-year-old's family says this was all a mistake and completely out of they tell 7 news off camera tonight, bowman has been under extreme stress. people we met say officers showed restraint, especially because he never even pulled out a weapon. >> i think it's great. i think

kelly o'hara, 7 news . >> anchor: that's what really matters. not the best day to lose half of your building an be outside cleaning up . >> anchor: not at all. no cold out there. we'll talk weather and sports hey- small business owners, when you want fast internet that won't slow your business down, you need fios. but why ? well, fios is the 100% fiber optic network, with 99.9% network reliability, and the fastest wi-fi available. so your business can get things done faster. all from verizon - ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd. power. sign up for 25 meg fios internet and phone bundle for $99.99 a month. or upgrade to 50 meg internet and phone for a few dollars more and get $250 back. >> anchor: cold and dry tonight next weather system about this time tomorrow actually will start as a little bit of light rain then end as light snow. a lit accumulation and then cold dry weather returning for the mid eweek. this is the pattern we have found ourselves in with these cold shots of a. they are len i. they come into . they don't stay around

kelly o'hara has the story. night. i think things are getting worse every day. it's like it's crazy. it's like you can't even leave your house after when it starts getting dark out . >> anchor: people in this neighborhood scared for their safety after a violent attack on a young woman walking home. >>> i feel like something like that could happen and i have to be extra careful just because it's happened and i feel bad for the woman too because she must be in a lot of pain and she must be scared to death now . >> anchor: karen's landlady heard the entire thing . >>> you could hear she didn't know what direction it was coming from. it's really scary . >> anchor: chelsea police tell 7 news a woman was walking on the street saturday night when out of nowhere three men jumped her, beat her, kicked her, slash her and then grab her money and took off . >>> i want people here to feel safe . >> anchor: giovanni is a city councilman for the area and is outraged by this attack. he says pat of the problem is a lack of lights and security on the street. and says something ne

kelli o'hara has the latest from fitchburg. >> reporter: a new year's eve joy ride ends in a devastating accident for several fitchburg families appear the two a.t.v.'s somehow collide on the road. the impacts injuring all four people including two little boys. >> 6-year-old was in respiratory arrest. not breathing, we've had a.t.v. accidents in the past. the problem is there is no protection, it's like, you know similar to a motorcycle accident. >> reporter: that 6-year-old flown to umass medical center in worcester friends say he is in stable condition today. also injured a 7-year-old boy with a severe leg injury. firefighters say one of the lost his leg in the crash. another man taken to leominster hospital with a head injury. firefighters say this accident was bad. >> it's unfortunate. it was new year's eve and you know, it's a tragedy that it happened. you know, people were, their lives are changed you know, forever because of it. >> reporter: kelli o'hara, 7 news, today in new england. >> jennifer: also on 7 tragedy in hanson when a driver loses control and hits a woman. police say

kelli o'hara is live from everett. kelli? >> reporter: well, police need your help in finding these two men. they say this robbery was a violent one. that clerk on the mend at home right now after being whipped in the back of the head. everett police just releasing these photos a short time ago. late this morning. you can clearly see one of those men jumping behind the counter. one of these two robbers. going up to the clerk. you can see the clerk racing... raising his hands, but the robber took out his gun. you could see the silver of the gun there whipping him on the back of the head. they stole some money and made off. you can look at these two men's faces. you can clearly see them as they are exiting the store. that is when this robbery happened here. in the 500 block of broadway. just about a block from city hall. those two men coming in the store and robbing the clerk. hurting that clerk as well. and making away with an undisclosed amount of cash. anyone with information is asked to call everett police. so they can get

kelli o'hara, 7 news. >>> also on 7 the last of smoldering hot spots in quincy finally out comes one day after an explosion at this sewage water plant sent five workers to the hospital. we are hearing that several of those workers were back in the building. let's go to 7's jonathan hall to learn the latest about the workers and the plant. evening. an investigation is find out exactly why this happened. it was literally a fire in the hole there, well underground and it's something those injured workers will never forget. it was a long, tough fight but the nut island fire is finally out. >> sigh of relief. some good news. the most important thing is four out of the five guys are out of the hospital. >>reporter: the workers are on site picking up personal belongings. they didn't want to speak on the news but a co-worker told me it felt like a bomb went off. one of the workers is still hospitalized as a precaution. >> he's got headaches and issues with his eyes. hoping he's okay. he's the youngest of >>reporter: quincy firefighters were unable to hit all of the flames which got into some

kelly o'hara has the story. >> kicked in the always, stole one of the safes, you know what i mean? they made off with a couple thousands of dollars in cash from the night before. it is unfortunate but there is >> reporter: the pee -- pizza pizzeria made sure his cameras were recording. >> when he came in, he had a hat and mask on and he decided to take his hat and mask off and we got video of his face. it is not easy for a small business to survive and to have smrch come in and terrorize that, that is not right. >> reporter: this was smashed in and it was is boarded up up now. >> there were other breaks that were found 7:00 in the morning, 8:00 in the morning, the timeline is similar. it is possible he is a suspect in all of them. six in one morning is a lot. >> reporter: ramono's is back open but he has a message for who did this. >> i hope you get caught. can do the get him off of the streets. >>> firefighters make a chilling rescue in andover saying three men fell into the frozen pond. investigators say they were ice fishing on fields pond this afternoon and they fell right thro

in fitchburg tonight, kelli o'hara. also tragedy in hanson when a driver loses control hitting a woman. just before christmas a car crossed the center line and hit the runner. the car also crashed into a utility pole, snapping it. >> 32-year-old amanda russell, a labor and delivery nurse at beth israel was training for the boston marathon at the time. she was rush to the hospital but passed away a few days later. a fellow nurse who ran several races with russell will now run the she says russell will be with with with her in spirit. >> i always hear her voice in my head. just go for it. that's the type of person she was. >> before the accident russell had raised nearly $500 on a marathon fundraising page. it now stands at more than $16,000. that accident, by the way, is still under investigation. no charges have been filed at the time. >> new york state getting fired up over fantasy football. the state attorney general filed a lawsuit against draftkings and fanduel yesterday asking the sites to return the money they mad

kelli o'hara live on the scene with the latest on this breaking story. >>reporter: good evening. traffic is clearing now. state police say a young woman driving that pick-up truck earlier this afternoon lost a wheel somehow on the back of her pick-up truck killing that other troopers say the wheel

reporting live in lexington, kelli o'hara, 7 news. >>> also on 7 a fire that broke out at a water treatment facility in quincy is finally out almost 24 hours after it started. crews though bringing in help deal with the smoldering situation there. the flames that left five people injured were burning underground which really complicated the fire fight. jonathan hall live in quincy tonight. we understand that finally progress has been made there. >>reporter: adam, that's right. it was a long day' journey and night and day again. this thing went on and on but a sigh of relief here as the sewage treatment fire is finally out. most of the injured are out of the hospital. one co-worker told me they felt like a bomb went off and stuff came flying at them. the fire at the mwra sewage treatment plant is finally out thanks to this big crane which removed a giant slab of concrete and allowed firefighters to reach hot spots in duct work which had been impossible to get at some 75 feet below ground. >> of we took the cover off, you can see flames fire at about 3:00 p.m. on monday caused injuries to fiv

and so many people are trying to get a piece of the pot. 7's kelli o'hara live in derry with more on tonight's powerball mania. >> good evening. locals say this is going to be the lucky store that's because thousands of tickets have been sold here, mostly by one woman. so tonight they say this is the store that's gonna win, so we got in on the fun. >> reporter: if you want to win and win big, one derry new hampshire woman says you should have probably come to her town, because she's the one who has been buying all the tickets. >> a week ago sunday i heard that the powerball pool was up to $400 million. so i just kind of as a joke put it on my facebook group saying, hey, does anyone want to enter into a pool with me, thinking that maybe 40 or 50 of my friends or something from derry would want to do it. >> reporter: more than 2000 tickets in the facebook powerball pool that keeps on growing day after day. >> i'm exhausted by now. i'm excited because it's really brought the town together. >> reporter: is derry new hampshire gonna win tonight? i certainly hope so. >> reporter: although

kelli o'hara, 7 news. >> thanks so much. on-line. just head over to our >>> the patriots preparing for it the playoffs. >> just got to do whatever you can do to be out on the field, help us win, play a role, do a job coach asks you to do and figure out how to score points. >> tom brady taking to the podium. trey daerr is live with what he told pats nation today. >>reporter: injuries dominate headlines for the patriots in that may not be due to rob gronkowski. regardless of who is or isn't out on the field, this time of year all about finding a way to survive in advance. >> the ramifications to a loss are a lot different, so you really don't have next week to get it right. >>reporter: tom brady getting into a do or die frame of mind and will do it without julian ed elson for week ten. >> he's been one of them for as long as he's been here and we'll try to find ways to integrate him. >>reporter: and brady will need a full arsenal. >> coach talks about the turnover margin that's been heavily in their favor, especially in wins down the s

if you're going to meet someone, make sure you do it in a public place kelli o'hara, 7 news. >>> this quick-thinking firefighter turns out his hunch could save lives, protect kids from a silent killer. >>reporter: a day that started in full daddy mode walking his quickly changed of he noticed a strange smell in the building. >> kind of a strong bad egg odor. >> when i opened the doors to the room the furnace was in, the smell was the same as it was upstairs. >> he told the day care director and the half dozen others in the building to get out. then radioed the fire station for backup. armed with carbon monoxide detecters, crews made a disturbing discovery. >> there was a presence of carbon monoxide reaching limits of up to 600 part per million. >>reporter: levels like that could have been deadly but thanks to this dad who happens to be a fire lieutenant everyone is okay. >> my children were there. other people's children were there. >>reporter: carbon monoxide detectors did not initially go off which is disturbing. in this case the scent of oil from a broken furnace helped save the da

right now police have no suspects in custody. 7's kelli o'hara has the story. >> i think that people should be wary of social media and maybe take it back to the old days where we made a phone call and talked to each other as opposed to all those apps. >> have you to have common sense. you have to pro tech yourself. weighing in the news someone is setting up dates through a dating app and being robbed at a meeting point. >> this is the first time we're seeing a dating app. for those who are on it to just use caution. >>reporter: investigators with the department say the first time a man was robbed of a cell phone responding to an ad and the second time another guy was stabbed. >> on the tenth of january another male responded to the same address and he was attacked and they attempted to steal his cell phone. he did fight back. however, he was stabbed. >> women we met say use common sense when you're dating because you never know. >> face to face. i don't do the social media because you could be anybody. i could tell you my name's jack and you would believe it until you actually saw w

kelli o'hara is live for us in haverhill with the latest. >> reporter: yeah, good evening. that is not all we learned. we learned there are another women prosecutors say victimized by this man including one woman who we spoke to who said it came as a surprise to her because she hadn't spoken to the suspect in more than two decades. >> stating on the website she wanted to be kidnapped, rape and tortured. >> reporter: stunning allegation this is this man who prosecutors say targeted women he knew then pretended to be them on-line. by stealing their identity, photos and the addresses and >> shehan also solicited men to rape and torture other women. none of the women conextended to the rape requests that sheham made on their behalf. the investigation remains ongoing. >> reporter: this woman who doesn't want to us show her face or use her name says she was' victimized by the 45-year-old as well. >> had a detective contact me in early october that said that he was in the infancy of an investigation and that my name and picture was on this disturbing sex website. he pretended to b

. >> kelli o'hara joins us live from the telephone in that area. what do you know about this situation? >>reporter: state police are out here where this horrible accident happened just a few hours ago. state police are telling us within the last few minutes that a man passed away after being hit by that tire. they've been on the highway here for the past three hours trying to figure out exactly what happened or exactly they do tell us the tire had come loose from a 19-year-old woman's pick-up truck and flew into the opposite lane and struck that vehicle. traffic here is at a standstill right now and has been for the past few hours. state police have been out here reconstructing this accident scene and trying to figure out what exactly happened and how that man died. we'll be out here for the next few hours and bring you the very latest as it develops. >> thanks so much. we'll stay on top of the story this afternoon. >>> there's more breaking news in quincyy. more than 24 hours after an explosion and fire at an nwa plant, firefighters have been able

kelly o'hara live in boston with the details. >> reporter: police say the attack happened just two hours after the ball drop and they say this attack came out of nowhere. >> it's crazy, there are a lot don't know what they're doing. >> that's crazy. why would somebody do that? >> reporter: reaction across the city tonight to video of a man punching a boston police officer again and again. you can see the altercation play out on the left side of the screen in this eyewitness video. a man in red at the driver's side window of the cruiser, allegedly hitting that officer. b.p.d. says it was without warning, they say the man was 23-year-old andrew bowman and he told the officer, quote, you heard about the war, right? and then that assault began. investigators say things got even more intense after bowman ran away and other officers caught up with him. he allegedly said you're all going to die. however, the 23-year-old's family says this was all a mistake and completely out of character for the man. they say bowman has been under extreme stress, people say the officer showed restraint, especia

to find strength in numbers by banding together and vowing to share the wealth if they win. 7's kelli o'hara is in derry with their powerball plans. so what's the strategy? >> well, buy tickets in bulk. i'm buying my tickets as well here in derry, because they say this is the lucky store tonight. they say it's gonna win big, and that's because one woman is buying all the tickets by the thousands. >> reporter: here at the east derry general store tickets have been printing again and again and again... for days. and one woman has been buying them all, jan lakeu. >> i bought 23,020 tickets. >> reporter: the new hampshire woman started a powerball pool for more than 2000 people. >> i started about two years ago, i started a face book group calling bringing derry together. powerball pool was up to $4 million so i kind of as a joke put it on my facebook group saying does anybody want neebility a pool with me, thinking some 30 or 40 people would want to do it. >> reporter: thousands signed up. and although the 34-year-old is hopeful they'll win big tonight, she doesn't think she'll be volunteering

today state official announced new policy to combat illegal prescriptions. 7's kelli o'hara live in the control room with details. >> yeah, good afternoon. the attorney general's office is nnouncing a new task force, a new coalition crackdown on those writing way too many prescriptions for opiates. our heroin problem that's affecting so many in our states starts with these pills. >> we all know that we're in the heroin deaths, opiate deaths, addiction ravaging families and community across the state. >> reporter: speaking passionately from the podium, attorney general mora healy announcing a new weapon in the war against opiate addiction, a crackdown in those giving out pills. >> opioid prescribing in the united states has increased 140% since the mid to late 1990s. there were 4.6 million prescriptions for opioids, 4.6 million prescriptions in the state last year alone. >> reporter: the attorney general forming a task force along with other agencies to stop the overprescribing of pills. the coalition will be targeting doctors, pharmacies and others responsible for giving out these drugs

in worcester tonight, kelly o'hara, 7 news. >> anchor: so a lot of us woke up to snow on the ground and there is a possible chance still very early, bree, that we may . >>> it is. i think it's more safe to say that there is a storm that will form for the weekend but track intensity and what that means for each location, that's still up in the air but we'll get to the details i do know coming up next. at wegmans we believe the that offer you the best prices , quality and selection. you can save 30% or more. wegmans family pack. since 1961, pearle vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. that was dr. stanley pearle's vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. today, doctors like lisa hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. because we care for you... and your eyes. this is genuine eye care, in your neighborhood. . >> anchor: we had to wait a while. the first in or more in many spots boston picking up just over three inches, just over force worcester. we are far off from what is normal for this part of the season. as far as snow goes accumulating sn

reportingly, kelly o'hara, 7 news . >> anchor: a saugus man arraigned in court charged fatally injuring a 71-year-old woman in a cruiser crash in malden. now malden police say the 24 scene of the accident after ignoring a crosswalk and hitting the woman. the victim taken it a nearby hospital december 27 later died. the judge has set bail at $10 $10,000 with a condition that the defendant does not drive. the next scheduled hear something march 3. >> anchor: new regulations for on-line daily fantasy sports are set to be reviewed during a hear hearing in boston tomorrow. attorney general maura heally un unveil the proposals in november after look into league at me. the changes here could include age and advertising restrictions for sights such as boston based draft kings and the rival there fan duel of the two companies have been banned from operating in a number of states where they are considered gambling. >> anchor: a soldier receiving a special honor today for his bravery during the boston sergeant jeffrey curtis was a award insisted with the soldier soldier's metal governor baker was

. >> reporter: kelly o'hara 7 news today new england. >>> tragedy in hampton with a driver lose control hitting a woman many just before christmas a car crossed the centerline and hit the jogger. 32-year-old amanda russell a labor and delivery nurse at beth israel was training for the boston marathon at the time. she was rushed to the hospital but passed away a few days later. a fellow nurse, nancy edan who raced several races with russell will run the marathon in her place. russell will be with her in spirit. >>> i always hear her voice in my head, jut go for it. she would say. that is the type of person she was. >> before the accident russell marathon fundraising page. now fans stand at more than $16,000. the accident remains under investigation. no charges have been filed at this time in this case. >>> also on 7, the race to the rescue in active when a young man falls through the ice. two neighbors came running after hearing the calls for help as 7 susan tran report. `they had to get creative to save the little boy. >> a 9-year-old boy fell through the ice of the pond in akton and wa

kelly o'hara has more on the attack. >> i think there are a lot of people, they didn't know what near doing. >> crazy, why would somebody do that? >> reporter: reaction of the city, video of a man punching a boston police officer again and again. you can see the altercation play man in road allegingly hitting that officer. the hand was andrew bowman, he told the officer, you heard about the war, right? and that assault began. investigators say things got even more sbns after bowman ran away and other officers caught up with him. he said you are all doomed and you are all going to die. the 23-year-old's family say this was a mistake and out of character for the everett man. they tell us that bowman has been under stress and people we met say that officer showed restraint, especially because he never even pulled out a weapon. >> i think that's great. there will be different situations for different cops and i think there are a lot of great cops that do the right thing. >> he showed remarkable restraints for someone who just got punched in the face. they have have gotten such a pad rap l

>> kelly o'hara, 7 nuz in new england". >>> the death toll in a trip pem bombing near syria's cap hall rose to at least 45. officials say this deadly explosion was carried out by isis supporters. they say attackers detonated a car bomb at a bus station followed by two blasts set off by suicide bombers. >>> more news today. at least one person is dead and several others injured after a shoot-out in colorado. police say gunfire erupted outside of the denver coliseum on saturday. it was during a motorcycle expo there. six people were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. >> we took seven patients. we have three criticals, three unfortunately did not survive. >> no arresting have been made yet in the case. investigators believe there could be more than one shooter. fugitives are back behind bars. they were discovered in san francisco in a parking lot there after a woman spotted their stolen van. officials say they and a third man broke out of a maximum security jail more than a week ago. that third prison turned himself in to police on friday. >>> still ahead on "7 news today in ne

telly o'hara live with what kelly? >> reporter: good afternoon. they say it's an alleged drunk driver drove up through the church lawn of you can see these tire tracks rye here. they end insisted up hitting one of the columns right there and drying right through the church window. you can see people working right now. you can see they work all night until it's boarded up and safe. monday afternoon a day after sundays is the community such of hudson church goers were busy