16-year-old girl hit, killed by two vehicles on Cane Run Road
The crash happened early Tuesday morning in St. Denis
ALEX AND CARAY. SUSANNE. WE ARE STILL FOLLOWING THAT BREAKING NEWS OUT OF THE SAINT DENIS NEIGHBORHOOD THIS MORNING. A TEENAGER IS DEAD AFTER SHE WAS HIT CROSSING THE ROAD. THIS HAPPENED AT CANE RUN ROAD AND TEAKWOOD CIRCLE JUST BEFORE SEVEN THIS MORNING. SHAQUILLE LORD LIVE NEAR THE SCENE THIS MORNING. SHAQ YOU SAID YOU’VE SEEN A LOT OF STUDENTS WALKING IN THIS AREA. YEAH, THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. CARAY AND ALEX DURHAM A FEW SCHOOLS NEARBY, BUT THIS 16 YEAR OLD HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. NOW THE SCENE IS STARTING TO CLEAR UP A BIT, BUT THERE IS STILL A SCENE HERE. NOW, HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW FROM LMPD. THEY SAY AROUND 650 THIS MORNING, A 16 YEAR OLD WAS TRYING TO CROSS CANE RUN ROAD FROM WEST TO EAST NEAR TEAKWOOD CIRCLE. SHE WAS NOT IN A MARKED CROSSWALK WHEN SHE WAS THEN HIT BY THREE VEHICLES TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND THAT INCLUDED A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER, A PASSENGER VEHICLE AND AN SUV. SHE UNFORTUNATELY DIED HERE AT THE SCENE. NOW, INVESTIGATORS SAY THOSE DRIVERS DID REMAIN HERE ON THE SCENE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, RIGHT NOW, THE SCENE IS STARTING TO CLEAR UP A BIT, BUT POLICE ARE STILL ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING THIS SITUATION. NOW, AGAIN, NOT MUCH INFORMATION IS KNOWN AT THIS TIME. AGAIN, WE DO NOT KNOW IF THIS 16 YEAR-OLD WAS WALKING TO SCHOOL OR WHAT NOT, BUT OF COURSE, ONCE WE FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION, WE’LL LET YOU KNOW ONLINE, ON AIR AND ON OUR FREE WLKY MOBILE NEWS APP. REPO
16-year-old girl hit, killed by two vehicles on Cane Run Road
The crash happened early Tuesday morning in St. Denis
Updated: 2:14 PM EDT Mar 10, 2026
A 16-year-old girl was hit and killed on Cane Run Road early Tuesday morning.It happened just before 7 a.m., near Teakwood Circle, in St. Denis. Police say that girl, Janiah Brown, was trying to cross the road in the dark and not in a crosswalk, when she was hit by a passenger vehicle and an SUV.Police originally said she was also hit by a semi, but later corrected that.Brown died at the scene. WLKY has reached out to JCPS for more information.Traffic in the area was being diverted during the morning rush hour.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
A 16-year-old girl was hit and killed on Cane Run Road early Tuesday morning.
It happened just before 7 a.m., near Teakwood Circle, in St. Denis.
Police say that girl, Janiah Brown, was trying to cross the road in the dark and not in a crosswalk, when she was hit by a passenger vehicle and an SUV.
Police originally said she was also hit by a semi, but later corrected that.
Brown died at the scene.
WLKY has reached out to JCPS for more information.
Traffic in the area was being diverted during the morning rush hour.