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Two Canadians died after a driver slammed into them as they walked along Queens Highway in Exuma on Thursday night, police said.<\/p>\n
Although police have not released the identities of the couple, the Canadian press identified them as Ron and Jill Gandza.<\/p>\n
Police said the visitors were hit by a gray 2000 Nissan Sunny around 10 p.m. Police said the 57-year-old man died at the scene and his 55-year-old wife died at the local clinic. The driver reportedly received minor injuries and was assisting police with their investigations. A team of traffic officers from New Providence went to Exuma to help police there.<\/p>\n
Friends and colleagues posted condolences on Facebook.<\/p>\n
The Gandzas worked with the Canadian Royal Potcake Rescue group, an organization that rescues stray dogs and finds homes for them.<\/p>\n
Shelia McDonell, a long-time friend of Mrs. Gandza\u2019s, said they were due to return home in St. Catharine\u2019s, Ontario yesterday.<\/p>\n
She said the Gandzas, who left behind a 19-year-old son, bought a second home in Exuma last year and frequently traveled to the island.<\/p>\n
McDonell said Mrs. Gandza, married for 23 years, became involved in potcake rescues after adopting a stray dog in Exuma five years ago.<\/p>\n
Natalia Nunez, a local animal rescuer, said Mrs. Gandza worked on several local spay and neuter programs in The Bahamas, including Operation Potcake in January.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is one of the kindest people I have ever interacted with, always eager to help people and animals,\u201d Nunez told The Nassau Guardian.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe loved our Bahamian potcakes and over the years must have re-homed nearly a hundred of them back in Canada. She was also always happy, had a great spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Minister of State for Transport Hope Strachan spoke of her ministry\u2019s concern with the number of traffic-related deaths the country has recorded this year.<\/p>\n
She said her ministry will ramp up its current road safety campaign to warn drivers of the dangers of texting and driving and drunk driving.<\/p>\n
By Taneka Thompson<\/em><\/span> Friends in two countries are mourning a Canadian couple devoted to animal rescues in the Bahamas who were struck and killed by a car in Exuma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[63,311,59,422,163,73],"class_list":["post-35039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-animals","tag-family","tag-islands","tag-people","tag-society","tag-travel-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Nassau Guardian<\/em><\/span>
\nPublished: April 27, 2013<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"