DEVENS, Mass. — A driver is dead after the pickup truck they were operating crashed into the side of a healthcare center in Devens and burst into flames on Wednesday morning, authorities said.
The crash happened at TaraVista Behavioral Health Center on Patton Road shortly after 5:30 a.m., according to Massachusetts State Police.
In a statement, the Worcester District Attorney’s Office said, “The truck was on fire and crews worked to extinguish the blaze. The lone occupant of the vehicle was found to be deceased.”
Authorities have not yet released the name of the driver.
Video from the scene showed a black pickup truck lodged in the side of the building near the main entrance. Firefighters were seen on the roof of the building and the ground assessing the charred damage.
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Francis Sauvageau, CEO of the TaraVista and MiraVista Behavioral Health Centers, said the truck struck a section of the building where administrative offices are located.
The administrative offices were unoccupied at the time of the crash.
There were no injuries to staffers or patients inside the hospital and they were never in any danger, according to Sauvageau.
Sauvageau also noted that the building is structurally sound and patient care remains ongoing, including discharges. The hospital was at capacity at the time of the crash.
Sauvageau says the hospital hopes to begin accepting new patients on Thursday.
Multiple fire trucks responded to the crash, as well as state police troopers, detectives, fire investigators, and crime scene personnel. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was also on scene.
The exact circumstances surrounding the incident remain under investigation by the state police detectives assigned to the DA’s office.
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