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Teen falls, dies in Roxborough

Police said the death at 7901 Henry Ave. did not appear suspicious.

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A 19-year-old man died Tuesday after hitting his head in a fall while carrying groceries into his home in the Upper Roxborough section of the city, police said.

The accident happened shortly before 5 p.m. in a parking lot at the Henry on the Park apartments. The slipped and hit his head on concrete, police said. Medics took him to Roxborough Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:56.

Police said there was nothing immediately suspicious about his death.