A semi-truck driver is somewhere out there tonight. And Washington State Patrol wants to know where. The truck kept rolling eastbound on Interstate 90 after a deadly crash Wednesday night that killed two Moses Lake men. Brody Milbrandt, 29, and Craig Dennis, 27, died at the scene. Their SUV rear-ended the semi around 9:45 p.m. about five miles west of Moses Lake in Grant County. The truck didn’t stop. It just kept going.
That’s the part that has investigators fired up. A crash that hard doesn’t happen without the driver feeling it. The impact was severe enough to kill two people instantly. Yet the semi-truck reportedly continued eastbound like nothing happened. Troopers are now asking the public for help identifying the vehicle and its driver. They want answers. And they want them soon.
Here’s what we know so far. Milbrandt was driving the SUV. Dennis was riding shotgun. Both from Moses Lake. Both young. Both gone. The Washington State Patrol says the crash happened in the eastbound lanes. The SUV hit the back of the semi-truck. The injuries were traumatic. Neither man survived. Troopers are also looking into whether intoxicants played any role in the crash. That investigation is ongoing.
The search for the semi-truck is now a priority. Troopers haven’t released a description of the rig yet. They haven’t named a suspect. But they’re asking anyone who was on eastbound I-90 near milepost five around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday to come forward. If you saw a semi-truck in that area, if you noticed something unusual, if you have dash camera footage, they want to hear from you. Even the smallest tip could break this thing open.
Two families are sitting at home right now with a hole in their hearts that won’t ever heal. Brody Milbrandt was 29. Craig Dennis was 27. They had people who loved them. They had plans. They had futures. All of that ended on a dark stretch of highway in Grant County. And the person driving that semi-truck? They drove away. That’s a hard pill to swallow for anyone who knew these men.
The Washington State Patrol isn’t calling this a hit-and-run yet. But they are treating the semi-truck as a key piece of the puzzle. They need to find it. They need to talk to the driver. They need to know what happened in those final seconds before impact. Was the truck stopped? Was it moving slow? Did the driver know they’d been hit? Those are the questions troopers are trying to answer. And they can’t do it alone.
If you know anything about this crash, call the Washington State Patrol. Don’t wait. Don’t think it’s not important. Two young men from Moses Lake are dead. Their families deserve answers. Their friends deserve closure. And the road through Grant County deserves to be safe again. Brody Milbrandt and Craig Dennis mattered. They still matter. May they rest in peace.
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