Kamerynn Young was a 5-year-old kindergarten student described as bright and eager when she was killed in Birmingham, Alabama, on the evening of April 1, 2020. She and her family were in a Nissan Sentra that was struck at the Parkway East and Springville Road intersection by a vehicle driven by someone fleeing police. Kamerynn sustained fatal injuries in the collision; her mother, father, and younger sister were injured.

Birmingham officers had observed a Ford F-350 being driven erratically at high speeds on Parkway East, reportedly weaving through traffic and traveling at least 100 miles per hour. Officers lost sight of the truck before it struck the Young family’s car; the driver, identified in reports as Daniel Cody Martin, fled on foot after the crash and was later apprehended. He faced charges including reckless murder and possession of drugs and paraphernalia. A wrongful death lawsuit was also filed naming Martin and his employer, ProComm Advanced Quality Solutions, and the crash prompted scrutiny of the police department’s high-speed chase policies.

If anyone has information about Kamerynn, the crash, or what happened that night, please share what is known.