The man accused of causing two trucks to plunge from I-285 onto Ga. 400, snarling traffic for hours, was sentenced to a year on probation Monday and ordered to pay a $500 fine.
“I don’t remember drifting,” Howard Silverstein said in court, according to Channel 2 Action News. “They said I did. All I remember is we were both at the white line at the same time.”
On Sept. 25, Silverstein was driving a 2014 Kia Sorento when he left his lane and drove into the path of a tractor-trailer, according to investigators. The tractor-trailer then veered to the right and hit the fuel tanker. The impact sent both trucks over the concrete barrier and onto Ga. 400, stopping traffic in the area for several hours.
"The roads were wet," Silverstein said after the wreck. "I bumped into the wheel of the Publix truck. Then the world seemed to come to an end."
No one was seriously injured in the wreck.
Judge Sharon Dickson told the court it was Silverstein’s sixth traffic citation in five years. Silverstein pleaded guilty to failure to maintain lane.
In addition to his fine and probation, Silverstein was ordered to take a defensive driving course.
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