Driver in multivehicle crash arrested, faces DUI charge

Cobb County police arrested a man they said caused a serious multicar crash on I-285 late Wednesday night that left three people injured, including a Fulton County sheriff ’s deputy.

Cedric Curne, 42, of Atlanta was charged with a felony count of serious injury by vehicle, following too closely and failure to remove vehicle after an accident on an expressway, Cobb police said. Curne also was charged with DUIless safe, a count used when drivers refuse to submit to a Breathalyzer test or their blood-alcohol content is under the legal threshold of .08.

The deputy involved was driving a Ford F-150 and suffered a serious but non-life-threatening injury, police said. He was not identified and officials did not share further information.

The crash involved another man driving a 2024 Hyundai Tucson with his child as a passenger, police said. Both were taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital with minor injuries.

The series of crashes began when Curne’s 2017 Porsche Panamera hit a 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe from behind just before midnight on I-285 South near Paces Ferry Road, police said. With the two cars stopped on the interstate, the Tucson swerved around them to the left and hit the median barrier.

The deputy’s vehicle was following the Tucson and could not avoid the stopped cars, according to police. The patrol truck hit the Panamera, then the Tucson, before stopping on the left side of the interstate.

Curne was booked into the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, where he remained Thursday morning.

The investigation remains open, police said. Anyone with additional information is asked to contact investigators at 770-499-3987.