(WHAS11) -- It's the busiest road in Bullitt County and on this stretch of highway 44 there are no sidewalks or crosswalks and very little visibility at night.
And police say, because of that, on Wednesday night, this road became the scene of a tragedy. 14 year old Shelby Rhodes, called "Shel-bug" by family and friends, was hit and killed while trying to cross this highway.
"I go this frantic phone call from her mom saying I need you, my baby's gone," Diane Thacker, family friend of victim, said.
Thacker said she rushed to University Hospital, but it was too late.
She said, "It was a senseless death."
But police say this is a story that's becoming more common. In fact, Monday night another pedestrian was hit on this road, only seven-tenths of a mile away from where Shelby was hit.
"This is a hill, with a curve. It was during the hours of low light," Capt. Ken Bernardi of Sheperdsville Police said.
...and according to Shepherdsville Police Captain Ken Bernardi, that's one of the reasons the state is now trying to find ways to make highway 44 safer.
"It's been here a lot longer than I have and it hasn't been widened or changed much.” Bernardi said. “However, the businesses and residences around it on both sides have increased dramatically over the last 40 years."
"That's the second person in two days that's been hit by a car because of this stretch of road,” Thacker said. “Somebody has to do something."
