Teacher dies after car hits lantern pole while swerving from cows

Thana Cambridge, a 27-year-old female teacher from Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara, died on Sunday after a car reportedly swerved to avoid a herd of cows on Greenfield, Railway Embankment.

The vehicle, PAE 6337, was driven by 32-year-old Mathana Cambridge, also of Ann’s Grove, who sustained injuries and later died. The car collided with a concrete light pole on the southern parapet and landed in a nearby trench.

Both occupants were rescued by public-spirited citizens and taken to the Enmore Regional Hospital, where Cambridge was pronounced dead on arrival and the teacher received treatment for injuries.

Police said preliminary enquiries indicate the driver lost control while attempting to avoid the cows. Investigations into the incident are ongoing.