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Lawsuit in hit-and-run death of 5-year-old Kamerynn Young focuses on police polices in Birmingham

Lawsuit in hit-and-run death of 5-year-old Kamerynn Young focuses on police polices in Birmingham
AND AN UPDATE TO A LAWSUIT FILED AFTER A FIVE YEAR OLD WAS KILLED DURING A HIT AND RUN, KAMERYNN YOUNG DIED IN APRIL DURING A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF PARKWAY EAST AND SPRINGVILLE ROAD. DUSTIN MARTIN IS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS MURDER IN THE CASE. A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT ORIGINALLY FOCUSED ON MARTIN AND HIS FORMER EMPLOYER, WHOSE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME. THE NEW FOCUS TARGETS BIRMINGHAM POLICE’S POLICIES WHEN IT COMES TO CAR CHASES. >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, RULES ARE MADE TO BE FOLLOWED. BIRMINGHAM POLICE HAS THEIR OWN SET OF RULES OF WHEN TO ENGAGE INTO HIGH SPEED CHASE AND WHEN NOT TO. THEY ARE TOLD AND IT’S RULES ALL THE OFFICERS K
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Lawsuit in hit-and-run death of 5-year-old Kamerynn Young focuses on police polices in Birmingham
A wrongful death lawsuit in the death of 5-year-old Kamerynn Young, killed April 1, 2020 in a hit and run accident at the intersection of Parkway East and Springville Road, takes a deeper look at the Birmingham Police Department's policies when it comes to car chases. Dustin Martin is charged with reckless murder in the case, he was found the evening of the crash and arrested. The lawsuit, filed in May, originally focused Martin and his employer whose truck he was driving during the pursuit, but Courtney French, the attorney representing the Young family, tells us information from the Birmingham Police Department's own internal investigation shows the officers were in volition of their pursuit policy at the time of the high speed chase that led to Young's death. You can watch Fred Davenport's interview with Attorney Country French on the WVTM13 Facebook page. We have reached out to the Birmingham Police Department, but have not heard back.

A wrongful death lawsuit in the death of 5-year-old Kamerynn Young, killed April 1, 2020 in a hit and run accident at the intersection of Parkway East and Springville Road, takes a deeper look at the Birmingham Police Department's policies when it comes to car chases.

Dustin Martin is charged with reckless murder in the case, he was found the evening of the crash and arrested.

The lawsuit, filed in May, originally focused Martin and his employer
whose truck he was driving during the pursuit, but Courtney French, the attorney representing the Young family, tells us information from the Birmingham Police Department's own internal investigation shows the officers were in volition of their pursuit policy at the time of the high speed chase that led to Young's death.

You can watch Fred Davenport's interview with Attorney Country French on the WVTM13 Facebook page.

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We have reached out to the Birmingham Police Department, but have not heard back.

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