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Elijah A. Soler, of Hanover Township, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that collided with a tractor-trailer on the American Parkway Bridge just after 7:35 p.m., the Lehigh County Coroner said Tuesday.
He was pronounced dead at the scene just after 9:05 p.m.
Soler was a recent Catasauqua High School graduate and football player known as "Soler Power," online news reports said.
Meanwhile, more than $10,000 had been raised in approximately six hours on a GoFundMe launched for Soler's funeral, alongside several shares and tributes posted to social media.
"I know my sweet sweet brother will leave a mark in all our lives," reads the campaign. "He had a light about him, and everyone he came in contact with loved him and fell in love with who he was."
The crash remained under investigation by the Allentown Police Department and the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office.
Click here to view/donate to 'Rest Elijah Alfredo Soler' on GoFundMe.
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