August 18, 2025

Truck driver killed after crash with semi and hit-and-run pickup

Steve Smith

Truck driver killed after crash with semi and hit-and-run pickup

On Wednesday, August 13, just after 2:30 a.m., a deadly hit-and-run on I-75 northbound at South Marietta Parkway took the life of 36-year-old truck driver Terrell Loudermilk.

What happened: Loudermilk had just been in a crash with another semi. As he stood outside his rig, he was hit by a pickup truck. The driver of the pickup fled the scene.

On August 15, Christopher Bradshaw, age 48, turned himself in at the Cobb County Jail.
Bradshaw had worked 14 years as a police lieutenant with the Milton Police Department. He was off-duty at the time of the incident and was fired by the department after his arrest.

The charges: Bradshaw is facing charges of homicide by vehicle and felony hit and run, reported WSB-TV.

Police impounded the suspected vehicle, a Chevy Silverado, earlier on Friday. The investigation is ongoing, and the family of the truck driver has set up a fundraiser for funeral expenses.

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