Skateboard film-maker killed pregnant woman in road rage attack
Skateboard film-maker killed pregnant woman in road rage attack
A 23-year-old skater has been charged with murder after ramming a pregnant grandmother with his car before running her over, police said.
Filmmaker Dewey Green allegedly repeatedly rear-ended Janice Pitts’ car on a Douglasville, Georgia highway on Wednesday afternoon and crushed her with his SUV when she got out to inspect the damage.
Pitts’ daughter, Iesha Davis, watched in horror as the motorist then backed over her mother, killing her in a random road rage attack.
‘I’m banging on the window, ‘Please, you’re crushing my mom, you’re crushing my mom. Please, you’re crushing my mom’,’ Davis told WSB-TV.
‘He wouldn’t look at me. He kept his face straight and kept his foot down on the gas. He backed up, my mom’s body dropped.’
Davis, whose infant child was also sitting in the car, continued: ‘After that, I just completely lost it. I don’t understand why. I don’t understand why.
‘I’ll never ever get the image of my mom lifeless body lying on the pavement and the man ran her over like she was nothing.’
Pitts, a two time cancer survivor, just found out she was expecting a child with her partner Tyrone Williams. He paid tribute to her on his Facebook page with a series of photos.
‘My heart is soooooo f***** heavy at this moment right now….. DAMN!!!!’ he wrote.
Douglasville Police Chief Chris Womack told AL.com that Green rammed Pitts’ vehicle on Highway 5 three times for no reason.
When Pitts got out of her vehicle to inspect the damage, Green used his SUV to pin Pitts between her vehicle and his, and then backed over her.
He said Green drove over the median and across a grassy knoll before witnesses stopped him and took his keys.
Pitts was pronounced dead about 2.30pm from massive blunt force trauma.
‘It’s horrific,’ Chief Womack said. ‘This lady was going to Lowe’s. This could have happened to me, you, anybody.’