A B727 CREW RPTED THAT DURING TAXI AT BOS A DUMP TRUCK WAS STRUCK; CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE #8 SLAT.

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ARRIVED BOS AND WAS CLRED TO GATE VIA TXWY K; TXWY K2; AND TXWY A. TXWY A; BTWN TXWY S AND TXWY K2; CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION. CONSTRUCTION DUMP TRUCK; LED BY PICKUP ESCORT ON N SIDE OF TXWY K2; WAITING TO CROSS TXWY K. TRUCKS APPEARED TO BE AT A SAFE DISTANCE. I TURNED R ON TXWY K2 (TRUCKS ON MY R). AS I STARTED A L TURN ONTO TXWY 'A'; FELT BUMP; STOPPED ACFT. R WING HAD CONTACTED THE DUMP TRUCK AND DAMAGED #8 SLAT AND R POS LIGHT COVER WAS CRACKED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PAX OR CREW. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 484822: WHILE TAXIING TO GATE AT BOS; WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI VIA TXWY K; TXWY K2; AND TXWY A. APCHING TXWY K2; I SAW 2 TRUCKS WITH DRIVERS WELL OUTSIDE OF THE DOUBLE YELLOW TAXI LINE AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SAFE DISTANCE. THE LEAD TRUCK WAS A PICKUP FOLLOWED BY A DUMP TRUCK PARALLEL TO K2 AND FACING TXWY K. THE CAPT STARTED THE R TURN ONTO TXWY K2 AND BOTH VEHICLES STILL APPEARED TO BE CLR. AS WE PASSED ABEAM AND BEGAN OUR L TURN ONTO TXWY A; THE TRUCKS PASSED OUT OF VIEW. MOMENTS LATER; WE FELT A BUMP AND STOPPED THE ACFT. WE CALLED GND AND OPS AND NOTIFIED THEM OF THE COLLISION. THE R WINGTIP AND #8 SLAT WERE DAMAGED. NO INJURIES OCCURRED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 484654: MEN AND EQUIP (RESCUE) WERE SENT OUT TO MAKE SURE NO LEAKS (FUEL) OCCURRED. THERE WERE NO FUEL LEAKS ENCOUNTERED; ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE #8 SLAT AND R OUTBOARD WING. ALL THE PAX WERE FINE AND NONE UPSET.