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Flatbed Truck Crashes Into Shriver Job Corps Center in Devens, Several Hospitalized

Massachusetts State Police are probing how the vehicle penetrated a perimeter fence before ramming into the facility

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Overview

  • Around 10:30 a.m. on July 21, a flatbed truck drove through a metal fence on Jackson Road and ended partially inside the horseshoe-shaped Job Corps building in Devens.
  • The truck’s impact shattered windows and caused visible structural damage to the vocational training center.
  • Emergency responders treated the driver and multiple other victims at the scene before transporting several to nearby hospitals.
  • State Police have opened an active investigation to determine the crash’s cause and assess the full extent of the damage.
  • The Shriver Job Corps center on the former Fort Devens base serves roughly 300 students in nine trades, offering residential and non-residential vocational programs.