STOUGHTON — Chief Donna McNamara reports that the Stoughton Police Department, along with local and state law enforcement partners, is actively investigating a fatal crash.
On Saturday, Dec. 20, at about 10:40 a.m., the Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center notified the Stoughton Police Department that the they were monitoring a Brockton Police pursuit that had entered Stoughton.
Dispatch began providing Stoughton Police with reports about the location of the vehicle, which was reportedly driving erratically and evading police, and officers responded to the area to search for it, but were never actively engaged in the pursuit.
A short time later, dispatch notified Stoughton Police that the wanted vehicle, which was being pursued by a Brockton Police cruiser, crashed into another vehicle at the intersection of Pleasant and Prospect streets.
Dispatch notified Stoughton Police that two men fled on foot from the vehicle. One of the men was quickly detained by Stoughton Police officers, and then taken into custody by the Brockton Police Department.
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.
One of the victims in the other vehicle involved in the crash, an 84-year-old Stoughton man, was transported by the Stoughton Fire Department to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased.
A second person in the vehicle, a 78-year-old Stoughton woman, was taken to a Boston hospital with serious injuries.
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.
All further inquiries should be directed to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office.
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