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COLD CASE: Trip Wire On Lehigh Valley Trail Led To Teen Dirtbiker's Death, Police Say COLD CASE: Trip Wire On Lehigh Valley Trail Led To Teen Dirtbiker's Death, Police Say
Christopher Keller's 1992 Death Under Investigation State police investigators are looking for tips in the 1992 death of Christopher Keller.  The 15-year-old was riding his Kawasaki dirtbike on Sept. 24, 1992, when he struck an electrical cable strung between two trees, troopers say.  According to a contemporaneous report from the Allentown Morning Call, the wire slashed his windpipe and he fell, fracturing his skull. A backseat passenger was also thrown from the bike but not seriously injured.  It happened on a trail along railroad tracks parallel to the Lehigh River in North Whitehall, state police say.  The…

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by Mac Bullock