Victim of fatal Summit Township van fire identified
The victim has been identified as 39-year-old Deepak Pakhring, who immigrated to Erie from Bhutan, with Erie County Lyell Cook saying no foul play is suspected, but he was alive when the vehicle caught fire.
PSP Erie investigating fatal car fire in Summit Township
Crews were called to that vehicle fire around 9:46 p.m. near the crossroads of Pennbriar Drive and Schultz Road on Memorial Day, with the van in a ditch off the side of the road.
No official cause of death has been ruled yet, with toxicology reports coming back in about six weeks, Cook told us.
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