Suspect identified in fatal Marietta hit-and-run crash
A Canton man has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a truck driver early Wednesday on I-75 North in Marietta.
Terrell Lowdermilk, 36, was struck by a black Chevrolet Silverado while standing in the left lane of the entrance ramp from South Marietta Parkway. Officials said Friday the pickup truck had been located and the driver, Christopher Bradshaw, had been charged.
“We ask the public to please keep the Lowdermilk family in their prayers,” Marietta police spokesperson Chuck McPhilamy said.
Lowdermilk, who was from Chattanooga, had exited his tractor-trailer only because he was involved in an earlier minor crash with another semitruck on the interstate, according to police. Both truck drivers pulled over to the right shoulder uninjured, and authorities said they got out of their vehicles.
The Silverado then approached around 2:30 a.m., McPhilamy said.
“One of the drivers was struck and killed by a passing motorist. The driver of the passenger vehicle did not stop,” he said.
Police said evidence collected at the scene, including a plastic front grill, suggested a Silverado was involved. Numerous tips that came in from the public regarding a possible vehicle were investigated, McPhilamy said.
No details were provided about where the truck was found.
Bradshaw, 38, is facing charges of vehicular homicide and hit-and-run. Police said they have been communicating with his attorney, who said Bradshaw will turn himself in.
“These charges would not have been possible without the initial officer’s diligence combing the scene for evidence as well as the countless hours investigators spent working to bring justice to the surviving family and friends,” according to McPhilamy.
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