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At 5:36 AM Wednesday morning, the Devens Fire Department was dispatched to the TaraVista Behavioral Health Center at 85 Patton Road for the report of a vehicle into the building.
Fire personnel responded and with assistance of Mutual Aid companies, suppressed a fire in the vehicle. Apaprently the truck was on fire when firefighters arrived.
“The lone occupant of the vehicle was found to be deceased. No occupants of the building were injured,” Lindsay Corcoran, a spokesperson for the D.A., said in a statement.
No patients or staff were injured and are all safe. Investigators believe the act of driving into the building was an intentional one and that the driver had a loved one who was treated at the facility.
The investigation is ongoing by the Massachusetts State Police.
