What to do/expect in a "following too closely" court summons in Georgia?

The driver in front of my mom stopped abruptly for a red light and my mom didn't slow down in time. She told me she lightly bumped the guy in front of her and afterwards they pulled over to inspect the cars. There was absolutely no damage, neither of them could find any visible exterior damage, not even a scratch. The guy insisted on calling the police and they did show up, the officer wrote a summons to court for "following too closely" The conditions must have been were pretty bad, and the officer must have acknowledged this since he checked the boxes as "raining" "wet" and "dark" and the ticket receipt she got did not include that there was any damage (there wasn't anywhere on the ticket to even list damage done) Apparently no insurance or even names were exchanged between drivers. The officer also apparently told my mom to show up at the police station in 3 to 5 days. My questions are what happens at a court summons? What is she supposed to do? English is her second language, so apparently her accent made the officer think she's Spanish/mexican and in addition her gave her some sort of pre-addressed "business reply letter" to the police department, all in spanish, with some stuff to fill out and presumably to send to them. We can't read the stuff (we're polish) but it looks important and looks like it should be sent soon. So what should we do with this? Ask for one in english when she/we go to the police station? And what is the procedure at the court summons? I expect (from my limited experience) that it shouldn't be anything more than a fine, but this is all completely new to us, and I need to know what to do/expect. Thanks.