Erie County Sheriff’s Office investigating deadly incident in Grand Island

The Erie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly incident that occurred on December 11 in Grand Island.

The sheriff’s office said dispatch received a call from the Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office around 10 p.m. Personnel reported that the body of a dead man, identified as 59-year-old Pavel Tsygyrlash of Grand Island, was in their custody after an incident earlier in the day. Tsygyrlash was allegedly pinned between a semi-truck and a pickup truck while working on the semi-truck in a parking lot at the corner of Grand Island Boulevard and Long Road. He was brought to Kenmore Mercy Hospital by his son around 5:45 p.m. and then transferred to ECMC where he was pronounced dead around 7 p.m…

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