Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Edward Couture was struck by a vehicle and killed while working a traffic detail on Route 62. He was pinned between the vehicle and a piece of heavy machinery after being struck by the 76-year-old driver. After an investigation, the driver of the car was cleared of wrongdoing. Sergeant Couture was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Middleton Police Department for 23 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two daughters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Couture gave the Middleton Police Department 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the Middleton community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Edward M. Couture served in the Army (1967â1970) before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Edward M. Couture is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MA, 158 of 469 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edward M. Couture's cause is highlighted.
How Edward M. Couture Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edward M. Couture is highlighted in Jul.