A man accused of failing to stop after killing a truck driver on I-75 in Cobb County last week was a metro Atlanta police lieutenant who has since been fired, authorities said Monday.

Christopher Bradshaw, 38, was identified and charged late last week in the deadly crash early Wednesday on the entrance ramp from South Marietta Parkway, Marietta police said. Bradshaw allegedly struck Terrell Lowdermilk, who had pulled over his tractor-trailer after being involved in a minor crash, according to investigators.

Lowdermilk, who lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was standing outside of his truck when he was struck and killed. He was 36.

On Monday, Milton police said in an email to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Bradshaw, who had been with the department for more than a decade, was off d

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