RESCUE FROM THE WRECKAGE

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Members of the Vehicle Rescue Unit of Comandos de Salvamento struggled for several minutes to free alive the driver of a vehicle who crashed into the rear of a poorly parked truck on Bulevar San Bartolo, in Ilopango.

The victim suffered trauma to various parts of his body and was treated after being freed by paramedic personnel from SEM and Comandos de Salvamento, who transported him to a healthcare facility.

Meanwhile, Comandos de Salvamento of Ciudad Arce assisted a motorcyclist who was involved in an accident on the road from San Juan Opico to Quezaltepeque. The victim had suffered trauma and was admitted to the Social Security hospital in Santa Tecla.

However, Saturday did not begin only with a series of traffic accidents; on Carretera de Oro, two more people were injured when a vehicle crashed at kilometer 17.

In the Municipio of Berlín, Usulután, Comandos de Salvamento assisted Jonathan José Pérez, 30, who suffered trauma when he crashed his motorcycle on the road from Berlín to Mercedes Umaña, making it necessary to take him to FOSALUD.

Comandos de Salvamento of Puerto de La Libertad treated a couple traveling on a motorcycle who were struck by a vehicle on Carretera Litoral near La Perla. Both patients were admitted to Hospital San Rafael and were identified as Geovanny Ayala Vásquez, 30, and Cecilia Morales Guevara, 28.

In addition, Comandos de Salvamento of Puerto de La Libertad assisted a motorcyclist at Km.  30 of the road leading to Puerto La Libertad. In the Las Vueltas del Papaturro area, he was treated and transported to Fosalud.

Comandos of Sensuntepeque provided pre-hospital assistance to José Armando Torres, 28, and Idalia del Carmen Vargas Orellana, 19, who were involved in an accident on the road leading to Ciudad Dolores.

In addition, Comandos de Salvamento responded to other traffic incidents in different parts of the country.