. >> reporter: kristin nelson felt powerless as she felt down to do what she could for a young boy so badly in need of help. >> first his eyes were closed and he was not alert at all. then we just kept talking to open your eyes. he opened his eyes and was trying to get up. don't move. >> he had an egg on his head the size of a half of a baseball. he was bleeding from the mouth. it was an awful sight. >> reporter: worcester police say the car hit the 5-year-old after he got off his school bus alone. >> everybody around here was like, how is it possible that this little boy is out here with no guardian? happened. the abby charter school admits that much, telling wbz it is against school policy. students are supposed to be picked up by a parent or guardian. the bus company says its driver thought the adult at the bus stop was the boy's parent. >> there's no excuse for that. >> reporter: the boy is expected to recover. welcomed news for several good samaritans grateful they were present when a child needed them the most. little kid should not be debting off the bus without someone there t

eyewitness news reporter kristin thorne is live if mount vernon with the latest. >> reporter: ken and lori, we've just learned that nelson mandela high school right over here is actually going to be closed for the day because they've had to shut off power to this entire area. i want to get right to news copter 7 high above so you can see what we're looking at here. you see all that smoke that is coming from this group of stores. that smoke is exactly the type of smoke we saw when we arrived here several hours ago. the fire started around 1:00 this morning, and it is still going showing no signs of easing. fire officials tell me they believe the fire started in the basement of the deli and spread laundromat, a pizza place, a dry cleaners. there was an adjoining apartment building and i say was because it is gone. that building completely collapsed about an hour into this fire going. here down on the ground you can see the type of destruction we're now looking at. thankfully no one was hurt. everyone got out of that apartment building okay, and none of the firefighters has been injured. we're live in mount vernon, i'm kris