Lilburn man sentenced to prison for causing deadly 2009 crash
A Loganville man was sentenced to two on work release and another three years on probation for causing a 15-passenger commuter van to overturn and crash, killing three Southern Co. employees and injuring six others.
On work release James Miles will spend his nights in custody and will be free only to go to a job. Also part of the sentence handed down by DeKalb State Court Judge Johnny Panos also requires Miles is to perform 240 hours of community service and to attend victim impact and defensive driving courses. Miles' driver's license was suspended for five years.
Witnesses told police Miles was driving his Dodge Stratus erratically before he clipped the rear of van, causing it to overturn on the Stone Mountain Freeway on Oct. 13, 2009
The van's driver, 60-year-old Robert Harold Clinton Jr., and passengers Ollie Benny Stephens Jr., 49, and Cindy Fitzgerald, 54, were killed. All three lived in Lilburn.
