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Hit By Train

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Teen Train Victim Was 'Action-Packed Kid'

The Wilson teen killed by a train Sunday is being remembered for his love of motocross, skateboarding and snowboarding

Bradley Roth, the Wilson teen victim of "suicide by train" Sunday, suffered from depression but was an avid motorcycle racer and an "action-packed kid" who loved to skateboard and snowboard, his family told Lehigh Valley Live. Roth, 19, graduated from Wilson High School and worked at Pizza Hut in Nazareth. He died Sunday after being hit by a Norfolk-Southern Train near Island Park Road along the Lehigh River in Glendon, according to Pennsylvania state police at the Belfast barracks. Roth succumbed to blunt force trauma injuries at St. Luke's University Hospital in Fountain Hill. His death has been ruled a suicide by the Lehigh County Coroner, according to a Lehigh Valley Live report. Services for Roth will be held Wednesday. A national …

Pamela Porter

10:44 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Bradley: I hope you find the peace you so desperately wanted.   more ›

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