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Suicide 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 ›

Monday, February 18, 2013

Suicide by Train Ruled in Teen's Death

A Wilson teen died Sunday after being hit by a Norfolk-Southern train.

A 19-year-old Wilson man 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. The man's legs were severed, said Easton Police. He died of blunt force trauma injuries at St. Luke's University Hospital in Fountain Hill. His death has been ruled a suicide by the Northampton County Coroner, according to a Lehigh Valley Live report. His name has not been released pending notification of his next of kin. A man in his 20s was also found killed on railroad tracks Sunday in Weissport, Carbon County, according to a Morning Call report. A national suicide prevention hotline is available at 1-800-273-8255 Train deaths make up …

Jeepers63

1:44 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

I don't think fencing or barriers would work. If someone has a mission to kill themselves then it's gonna happen.   more ›

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