Roman Martin, 9, was struck and killed by a Sheboygan city garbage truck Wednesday. His half siblings were killed in a Sheboygan Falls fire three years prior.

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ON 12 NEWS CHEYENNE LIP REMEMBERS ROMAN MARTIN AS A HAPPY FRIENDLY NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY. HE LOVED WATCHING YOUTUBE VIDEOS. THAT WAS HIS THING BLEEP WAS LETTING ROMAN AND HIS MOM STAY WITH HER LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. I TOOK HIM OUT TO MOVIES SOMETIMES FOR ICE CREAM. SOMETIMES WE PLAY VIDEO GAMES TOGETHER, BUT SHE WON’T BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS WITH HIM ANYMORE WEDNESDAY MORNING ROMAN WOKE UP LATE GOT ON HIS BIKE TO RIDE. TWO STRUCK AND KILLED BY SHEBOYGAN CITY GARBAGE TRUCK POLICE. SAY ROMAN WAS RIDING HIS BIKE ON THE SIDEWALK WHEN HE TRIED CROSSING CENTER AVENUE AT THE SAME TIME THE GARBAGE TRUCK MADE A RIGHT TURN RIGHT INTO ROMANS PATH. THE TRAGEDY COMPOUNDED AS NEWS BROKE LATE THIS WEEK THAT ROMAN IS ALSO THE HALF-BROTHER OF THREE SIBLINGS WHO DIED IN A SHEBOYGAN FALLS FIRE. JUST THREE YEARS AGO. ROMAN WAS NOT THERE WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT FOR HIS HALF-SIBLINGS HOME ALONE ROMANS 9 YEAR OLD HALF. RAN BACK INTO THE HOUSE TO SAVE HER FIREFIGHTERS LATER FOUND NATALIE’S BODY IN THE SAME ROOM AS ROMANS TWO HALF-BROTHERS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CARTER AND TEN-YEAR-OLD BEEN LIP TELLS ME SHE WAS WITH ROMANS MOTHER WEDNESDAY WHEN POLICE CAME TO THEIR HOUSE TO GIVE HER THE NEWS SHE WAS CRYING A LOT TALKING ABOUT HOW HOW DOES A GARBAGE TRUCK NOT SEE A LITTLE BOY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ROMAN MEANT A LOT TO ME. I WAS VERY CLOSE WITH THEM. IN SHEBOYGAN CAROLINE REINWALD WISN 12 NEWS POLICE. SAY THE DRIVER OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK THAT HIT ROMAN IS A 35 YEAR OLD MAN THAT HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR TWO YEARS SO FAR. THERE HAS BEEN NO W

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New information about a boy who was struck and killed by a Sheboygan city garbage truck this week reveal previous tragedies in his family. Roman Martin, 9, woke up late for school Wednesday. He grabbed his bike to ride the two miles to St. Paul's Lutheran School and was halfway there when he was hit. The collision happened around 10:30 a.m. near 14th Street and Center Avenue. Police said Martin was riding his bike on the sidewalk. He was heading north, downhill on 14th Street, crossing Center Avenue, when the garbage truck made a right turn off of 14th Street, directly into Martin's path. After police later released Martin's name, friends of the family confirmed to WISN 12 News that Martin is the half brother of three siblings who died in a Sheboygan Falls fire three years ago. Martin did not live in the same home as his half siblings and was not there when the fire broke out. His four half siblings were home alone while their parents were at bible study. Martin's half sister, Jenna, 9, made it out alive because Martin's other half sister, Natalie, 11, went back into the house to save her. Firefighters said they discovered Natalie's body in the same room as Martin's other half brothers, Carter, 7, and Ben, 10. Shyan Lipp told WISN 12 News she had been letting Martin, his sister and his mother stay with her the last several months. Lipp said she will remember Martin as a happy, friendly kid. "He loved watching YouTube videos, that was his thing," Lipp said. "I took him out to movies sometimes, for ice cream sometimes; we'd play video games together.""We were pretty close. It's just been hard waking up without seeing him every day, not coming home to him," Lipp said.Lipp said she was home with Martin's mother when police came to their house to give her the news. "She was crying a lot, talking about, 'How does a garbage truck not see a little boy in the middle of the road?'" Lipp said. "I gave her a hug and I haven't seen her since and I've been really worried about her."A GoFundMe has been setup to help Martin's family in the wake of his death. The driver of the garbage truck that struck Martin is a 35-year-old man who has been with the city for two years. Riding on the back of the truck was a 55-year-old veteran city employee with 20 years on the job.So far, there has been no word on whether the driver will face any charges.