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Terrell Lowdermilk

Age : 36

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 08/13/2025

Location : I-75 and South Marietta Parkway

City : Marietta

County : Cobb

State : Georgia

Agency : Milton Police Department

Officer(s) :Christopher Bradshaw

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Bystander killed in hit-and-run crash involving off-duty police lieutenant

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/13/2025, at approximately 2:30 a.m., 36-year-old truck driver Terrell Lowdermilk of Ooltewah, Tennessee, stopped his tractor-trailer on the Interstate 75 North entrance ramp from South Marietta Parkway in Marietta after being involved in a minor collision with another tractor-trailer. Lowdermilk exited his truck and was outside the vehicle exchanging information with the other driver when a pickup truck struck him. Lowdermilk died at the scene.
The pickup driver left the scene without stopping. Marietta Police Department investigators recovered pieces of a vehicle grille from the crash scene and determined that they were consistent with a Chevrolet Silverado. Police subsequently located a black 2020 Chevrolet Silverado believed to have been involved in the collision and identified its driver as Christopher Bradshaw, then a lieutenant with the Milton Police Department. Bradshaw was off duty at the time of the fatal crash.
Bradshaw surrendered to Marietta Police on 08/15/2025. Police initially charged him with felony homicide by vehicle and felony hit-and-run. Bradshaw had served with the Milton Police Department for 14 years. After Milton officials learned of the investigation, the department placed him on administrative leave and then terminated his employment with the City of Milton.
A Cobb County grand jury subsequently indicted Bradshaw on additional charges and alleged that he had been driving under the influence of alcohol when he struck Lowdermilk. The October 2025 indictment included first-degree vehicular homicide, DUI, hit-and-run and related charges. The allegations remain criminal accusations pending adjudication and are not stated here as established fact.
Bradshaw remained in the Cobb County jail for nearly three months following his surrender. On 11/12/2025, a judge granted him a $15,000 bond, and he was released later that day. His criminal case remained pending in the later reporting located for this update.
Lowdermilk's family publicly called for accountability after learning that the driver accused of leaving him dying on the interstate was a police lieutenant. His mother, Cindy Hayes, described her son's death as senseless and emphasized that the accused driver had been a member of an institution entrusted with protecting the public.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/08/milton-police-lieutenant-fired-after-alleged-hit-and-run-kills-trucker/
https://www.local3news.com/local-news/ooltewah-man-killed-in-i-75-hit-and-run-involving-off-duty-police-officer/article_b1a6b7fb-f19b-4590-8f42-57751c9adf16.html
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/police-find-truck-fatal-i-75-hit-and-run-search-driver-continues
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cobb-county/family-man-killed-i-75-hit-and-run-call-accountability/INOHFBXIYNBGBHZWGJMCFI3YR4/