Byline: RICHARD SMITH
SICK internet ghouls have posted disgusting messages about a teenager who died under a train.
Tormentors made the jibes on a Facebook page dedicated to Natasha MacBryde, 15, who friends say leapt to her death after being targeted by bullies. One poster said: "Natasha wasn't bullied, she was just a whore." Another said: "I caught the train to heaven. LOL."
A macabre video spoof - called Tasha the Tank Engine - was also featured on the YouTube website but has been removed after her family complained. The teenager's dad, Andrew, 47, yesterday called for Facebook to launch an "immediate crackdown" on messages placed on tribute pages.
He said: "I am disgusted at these comments made by some seriously sick individuals.
"I cannot understand how or why these people get any enjoyment or satisfaction from making such disgraceful comments."
Natasha was killed instantly on Valentine's Day when she was hit by a passenger train at Bromsgrove railway station near her home in Upton Warren, Worcs.
Friends say bullies picked on the pupil at the pounds 10,000-a-year Royal Grammar School in Worcester after her parents split up.
British Transport Police, who are not treating her death as suspicious, are hunting the Facebook sickos and a source said the "postings will be traceable".
Facebook said it was saddened by the abuse on Natasha's tribute page.
A spokesman added: "Posts can be removed and, if necessary, individuals can be blocked from posting on a fan page wall."
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