Truck driver runs at protesting Market Basket workers with hammer There was a dramatic take down at Market Basket headquarters in Tewksbury Friday after a temporary truck driver ran at protesting workers with a hammer. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT LITTLE DOG AFTER IT GOT STRUCK UNDERGROUND. BREAKING NEWS AT 5:00. A DRAMATIC TAKE DOWN AT MARKET BASKET HEADQUARTERS. A TRUCK DRIVER RUNS AT PROTESTERS WITH A HAMMER. PAM ROSS IS LIVE AT THE SCENE. THERE WAS A FEW MINUTES OF CHAOS. THE MARKET BASKET PICKET CAME OUT OF THE CAB WITH A HAMMER AND POLICE MOVED IN QUICKLY SO MAKE SURE NO PROTESTERS GOT HURT. HE STARTED POINTING AND YELLING. OUR GUYS STARTED POINTING AND YELLING. IT STARTED WHEN A TEMPORARY DELIVERY TRUCKER TRIED TO EXIT WHILE PROTESTERS WALKED THE LINE. HE GOT OUT OF THE CAB OF THE TRUCK WITH A HAMMER DOWN BY HIS SIDE, NOT COCKED, TOWN BY HIS SIDE WRAPPED UP IN A RAG BUT VERY AGGRESSIVE. HE WENT AFTER TWO OF OUR PEOPLE. THIS CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWS THE TAKEDOWN. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK UNDER ARREST, HIS ANGRY LOOKING RETROFITTED TRACTOR TRAILER COMPETE WITH "BACK OFF" SIGNS TOWED AWAY. BRING THE TROOPS OVER BILLY. THAT IS ROSIE ON THE MEGA PHONE. SHE DIDN'T EXPECT TO SPEND PART OF THIS YEAR ON THE OUTS. AS FOR THE ORDER TO GET BACK TO WORK? I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE PERSON CROSS THE LINE. NOT ONE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS GOING OVER THERE. I WAS TERMINATED FOR SPEAK OUT IN SUPPORT OF ARTUR T. DEMOULAS. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BEEN FIRED FOR FOUR WEEKS I'M STILLER WHO. THERE WAS A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WORKERS WOULD GO BACK TO WORK TODAY. I THINK THE MESS AAGE IS MADE CLEAR THAT NOBODY IS REPORTING BACK TODAY. WE DON'T KNOW YET ABOUT CHARGES AGAINST THE DRIVER. HE IS IN CUSTODY. A FEW MINUTES AGO, THOUGH, CURRENT MARKET BASKET EXECUTIVES SAY THE DRIVER AND HIS COMPANY HAVE BEEN TERMINATED. AT 6:00 WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT

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