Millbrook crash kills driver after truck hits church, business on Highway 14

A pickup truck left Highway 14, crossed the Colonial Plaza parking lot, tore through Living Word Church and kept going into Hometown Small Motors, leaving 54-year-old Cedrick Langford dead at the scene and raising fresh questions about one of Millbrook’s busiest corridors.

Millbrook police and fire rescue units were called to the 4100 block of Highway 14 at about 5:41 a.m. May 8 after the 2006 Ford F-150 ran east on the highway, according to witness statements and physical evidence. Police said the truck went through Living Word Church at 4102 Highway 14, exited the rear of the building, struck a truck trailer and continued into Hometown Small Motors at 4110 Highway 14.

Police Chief P.K. Johnson said investigators believe Langford may have suffered some type of medical emergency before the truck left the roadway. Langford, a Millbrook resident, was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was turned over to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science for autopsy, while traffic homicide investigators reviewed the truck and other evidence to determine what else may have contributed to the crash.

Living Word Church lists its Millbrook campus at 4102 Highway 14 and says it holds Thursday mid-week services at 6:30 p.m. Hometown Small Motors is listed at 4110 AL-14 Unit N and is described as a small engine repair and maintenance business. The impact spread across church property and into a nearby commercial site, turning a pre-dawn drive into a destructive scene along a stretch of road that carries steady retail traffic.

The crash also puts a spotlight on Highway 14, a major commercial artery for Millbrook and the surrounding Montgomery metropolitan area. The city’s 2020 Census population was 16,037, and the Highway 14 and I-65 area remains one of its key retail corridors. It is also not the first deadly wreck there. Millbrook police investigated another severe Highway 14 crash in October 2025 that left three people dead, adding to concerns about safety on a roadway that serves churches, businesses and daily commuter traffic.