Ann’s Grove learner driver drowns in trench

A 31-year-old woman died this afternoon after the car she was learning to drive ran off the road into a trench, trapping her.

Dead is Shonnet Williams of Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara. She was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Hospital.

Stabroek News was told that a male relative was teaching Williams to drive when she lost control of the vehicle near a bridge separating Ann’s Grove and Hope. The incident occurred around 3 pm.

This newspaper was told at the hospital that the relative managed to safely exit the vehicle but the woman was pinned. By the time rescuers pulled her out she was already dead.