Trial Begins for Ala. Man Accused of Running Over Douglasville Grandmother

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Jury selection began this week for an Alabama man accused of murder in a strange traffic encounter last year that killed a Douglasville grandmother.

Dewey Calhoun Green, 24, of Birmingham, Ala., stands trial in the June 2014 death of Janice Pitts, 53, on Ga. Highway 5 near Interstate 20. The trial will be presided by Douglas County Superior Court Judge David Emerson, the Douglas County Sentinel reported.

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Green is accused of running over and killing Pitts for no apparent reason. He allegedly rammed into Pitts’ vehicle several times, pinned her against her vehicle and then backed over her. She died at the scene.

The woman’s daughter and grandchild were in the car at the time of the incident.

Douglasville Police said at the time that the incident occurred around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, between the Walgreen’s and Waffle House on Highway 5, involving a red Lincoln Navigator driven by Pitts and a black Chevrolet Silverado driven by Greeen.

According to media reports after the incident, Pitts was on her way to a Lowe’s nearby and was turning left from Highway 5 onto Douglas Boulevard when Green rear-ended her car three times, backing up before the second and third collisions. Police said when Pitts got out to check damage, Green pinned her between the two cars, then backed over her.

The Sentinel reported Green testified in a Monday motion hearing that he doesn’t remember the incident happening. He told the court he remembers starting his truck after stopping at a gas station, but nothing else until police were pulling him from his vehicle.

Photo: Dewey Calhoun Green; Douglas County Jail mug shot