STOUGHTON — On Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, at about 10:40 a.m., the Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center notified the Stoughton Police Department that a Brockton police pursuit had entered Stoughton.
According to a statement from Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara, a short time later, dispatch notified Stoughton police that the wanted vehicle, which was still being pursued by a Brockton police cruiser, crashed into another vehicle at the intersection of Pleasant and Prospect streets.
Following the crash, Stoughton police were notified by dispatch that two men fled from the vehicle on foot.
“One of the men was quickly detained by Stoughton Police officers, and then taken into custody by the Brockton Police Department,” Chief McNamara said. “Following an extensive search of the area, including K-9 units and the Massachusetts State Police Air Wing, the second man was taken into custody by Stoughton Police at Halloran Park.”
An 84-year-old Stoughton man who was in the vehicle the suspects’ car struck at the intersection was transported to a local hospital by Stoughton Fire Department personnel, where he was later pronounced deceased. A second person in the vehicle, a 78-year-old Stoughton woman, was taken to a hospital in Boston with serious injuries, Chief McNamara said. The crash is being investigated by the Stoughton Police Department, Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office, and the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and Crime Scene Services Section
