mr. vasquez deployed the brakes and they failed. >> vasquez did not attend his disciplinary hearing today. his lawyer says he was following doctor's orders to limit stress. >> he is having a very, very difficult time with the cushons as well as the incident itself. >> his lawyers say their probe should focus not only on the operator but also on aging equipment. >> talking about a system and tracks that have problems and outages and tracks that would require in order for the train to continue at the point it was at to actually disable safety systems. >> the investigation does continue tonight. no word on what may have been hearing earlier today. john atwater, newscenter 5. >> right now the woman hit by a commuter rail train is under investigation. the 50-year-old was struck by the train around 5:00 tonight and was pronounced dead at the scene. the shuttle buses were used during rush hour. normal train service has been resumed. >> just after 11:00 and looking live in boston tonight. some heavy rain has moved through the area. strong winds are on the way. harvey is here. thunder in some area

mr. vasquez has been very clear he absolutely categorically denies wrapping a cord or a rope around the accelerator or doesn't happen. >> reporter: david vasquez worked for the mbta for 25 years. attorney gordon says his nickname was diamond dave, because of his stellar job performance. >> terminating him within days and while he's out on sick leave trying to deal with the stress. before he has had a really good opportunity to sit down and investigate this it doesn't make a lot of sense. >> reporter: david vasquez made $96,000 last year he was projected to earn around $75,000 in -- the coming year. live in our control room, ted daniel, fox 25 news. >>> rain is on the way fox 25 storm tracker chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz is here now with what that rain will move in. >> yeah, some showers out there. most happening in southeastern massachusetts we'll focus our live storm tracker radar you can see the green that's showing lup so you can see some drizzle it's developing within some fog as well. tonight. -- -- spread more rain our way. in fact there's some heavy rain moving up the front evening.

mr. vasquez has been very clear. he categorically denies wrapping a rope around the accelerator or the braking system. >> catherine: hit attorney said he should not have been fired without a thorough investigation. he is working to challenge this dismissal. >>> 4:04. quincy police are trying to identify a man that broke into a home and tied up a pregnant woman. he may be driving a 2004 ford pickup truck. nearly two weeks ago, fox25 brought you live, breaking news coverage of the home invasion on president's lane. a pregnant woman was tied up and more than $40,000 in cash was stolen. near the scene. >>> a former umass medical school doctor accused of taking a picture of a student in a woman's bathroom plans to fight the changes. marcus cooper pled not guilty to secret sexual surveillance, intimidation of a witness and disorderly conduct. a student on campus said she heard someone take photo and she chased cooper outside. he is due back in court in february. >>> an explosive find boxborough. several boxes were found in

mr. vasquez is absolutely clear. denies wrapping a rope around accelerator or the brake accelerator or the braking system. >> catherine: his attorney said his klunt should not have been fired without going through the system. >>> police have identified a second man who broke into a home and tied up a pregnant woman. he may be driving a green ford pickup truck. nearly two weeks ago station brought you live, breaking news coverage of the home invasion on president's lane. a pregnant woman boss tied up and more than 40,000 in cash was stolen. a second suspect was arrested near the scene. >>> a former umass medical school doctor accused of taking a picture of a student in a woman's bathroom plans to fight the charges. he pled to surveillance of a witness and disorderly conduct. a student on the worcester campus heard someone take a photo while she was in the bathroom and she chased cooper back outside. she is due in court in february. >>> and self-boxes of warehouse once used by a construction company. explosive experts were called in to handle the situation. and this right there is how they d

mr. vasquez has been very clear he categorically denies wrapping a cord or rope around the accelerator >> reporter: david vasquez who lives in canton has worked for the mbta for 25 years. attorney gordon says his nickname was diamond dave because of his stellar job performance. >> terminate him within days and while he's out on sick leave trying to deal with really good opportunity to sit down with them and investigate this it doesn't make a lot of sense. >> gordon says vasquez has been under the care of doctor for the stress this is causing. i'll tell you how he plans to respond new at 11:00. live in our control room. ted daniel, fox 25 news. >>> child pornography arrests coast guard barracks on the cape. new at 10:00 they tell fox 35 they arrested 32-year-old ryan roth for possession of child porn today. rolling was arrested over the weekend as well and charged with o.u.i. we are working to find out his job at the base. we'll get that to you as soon as we're learning by the. >> state police still want to know what caused the driver of a van to lose 195 in marion killing one of his passe

mr. vasquez is absolutely clear. he absolutely categorically denials tying a rope around the accelerator or brake accelerator or braking system. >> sara: vasquez is working with his union to challenge a dismissal. >> reporter: a mit member and her son spent four years in prison. sentenced to federal court. prosecutors say they made false statement of a edge fund they managed. they received millions of fees and fund lost hundreds of millions of dollars. the associate dean of the school of business at mit. >>> a marathon bombing survivor passed away unexpectedly. 37-year-old kevin white died from what his family said was an illness. he was at the finish line wins the bombs went off. he was hit with shrapnel and suffered ear damage. >>> a new leader in france is under investigation for tweet under investigation for tweeting gruesome images of people killed by issi. she removed the photos of james foley at the request of his family. she said to french news service she did not know it was foley. a journalist accused her of

mr. vasquez did everything he could do to deal with that situation, running to the nearest station. he even injured himself in the process. >> christa: the train flew through four stops before power was finally cut off from the rail in order to bring it to a halt. the mbta's general manager will decide whether the operator will now keep his job. >> sarah: new this morning, three suspects are behind bars accused of stealing packages from homes in south boston. witnesses say they saw three men ripping boxes open and stuffing the items into shopping bags. police later identified them. officials say if you expect a package and you're not going to be home, do not let the package sit at your doorstep. a grand jury will hear three cases in connection to the overdose of a teenager in new hampshire. a judge ruled there is probable cause to charge leslie avenuerly of salisbury with dispensing a controlled drug that resulted in death. the teen's mother, jasmine rude, already facing charges. 17 year old eve tarmy died in hampshire, hotel. prosecutors say that where she's used heroin that her mo

mr. vasquez did everything he could do to deal with the situation. running to the nearest station. even injured himself in the process. no passengers were hurt. the driverless train traveled for five miles. until "t" employees stopped the train by cutting power to the third rail. for vasquez, hi attorney says all he wants is a fair and thorough investigation into what happened. >> he cares deeply about his passengers. he is a very well-regarded operator of the trains. he is known as diamond dave on the line. his passengers love him. his colleagues are very happy working with him. and this has been a hard, hard thing for him. >> reporter: susan tran, 7 news. >> sarah: three suspects are behind bars accused of stealing packages from homes in south boston. the three men were seen ripping boxes open and stuffing the items into shopping bags. police later iified them. officials say if you expect a package and won't be home, don't let it sit on the door-step. >> christa: a grand jury investigation under way into the overdose of a teenager up in new hampshire. there is probable cause to c

mr. vasquez has been very clear. he absolutely categorically denies wrapping a cord or a the brake the braking system. >> his attorney said the client shouldn't have been fired without a thorough investigation. vasquez is working with his union to challenge the dismissal. >>> something important is missing from a local christmas display and the man who run that display for years says he will do anything to get it back. paul grand has set up had display in his yard in fall river. on monday the control box that runs the lights and music was missing. he spent his childhood in an orphanage and he loves seeing the kids smile at his display. >> they pull over with their grandparents and they take pictures and really thighs to have kids have fun like that, and now it is gone. >> gene: grant said whoever took the box can put it back in his yard no questions asked. >>> these two men are suspected of stealing $2200 worth of tom brady jerseys in natick. clerk and the other made off with the jerseys. officers haven't said which s

mr. vasquez. we have not received any response. we reached out today to the carmen's union that represents them and all they would say is the process is ongoing and he should be afforded his due process. >> mark: tonight, there are new questions about what the public was told and whether, fox 25's sharman sachetti is also learning about how t police learned of the runway train, she continues our team coverage. new at 6:00 p.m. >> we've learned transit police actually learned about the incidents from braintree police, not the t itself. being raised about whether or not the public should have been given information earlier. when the run away redline train traveled for miles unmanned for several minutes, first the public was told it was a signal problem. minutes later, a power issue and then after that, at 6:25 a.m. in the morning, a disabled train. it wasn't for more than three hours the public was told even a little about what had really happened, and in radio dispatches calls from braintree police to transit place that we obtained,

mr. vasquez, we went to his home, called but have not gotten response. live in dorchester, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: the t workers responsible for stopping that redline train honored for the quick action at the state house. governor baker joining mbta leaders to commend mark mcneal and aims live saunders, both center. other for instance safely out of the wave and cutting power to finally halt the run away train and whether the workers were honored, we carried it live for you on the fox 25 app. to check out live events throughout the day and for all of your breaking news, traffic and weather, download the fox 25 tablet. free-for-all devices. >> >> tonight, quincy police are asking for your help in finding the driver involved if a deadly hit-and-run. a 78-year-old woman passed away from her injuries. stephanie quinu joins us live in the control room and stephanie, police told but a major their investigation. >> the reporter: the problem, is the city doesn't have any surveillance cameras where that hit-and-run actually happened. quincy police did tell us the

friends of the vasquez, a 28 rear veteran of the t, mr. evidence he is being thrown under the bus . >>> i can't picture this guy doing something wrong. i mean, the equipment is old. they always try to blame the operate for everything. >> anchor: tim cap out oh, 7 news today in new england. >> anchor: happening today shall a korean war soldier who disappeared 65 years ago will finally be laid to rest. the military recently used dna testing to identify the remains of sergeant robert dacon. dacon is from waltham and killed in action during the war. his funeral service is scheduled for 10:00 this morning. a lynn man has been arrested charged with murder in connection with a triple shooting on thursday night. residents on wait street in revere describe the scene there as chaotic when they heard gun apartment before the gunmen escaped. 36 yearly michael dely i don't know was picked up by homicide detectives in quincy yesterday afternoon. at the apartment police found 35 35-year-old christy johnson, a mother of three and 66-year-old peter pitari