DEAD AND INJURED IN ACCIDENTS

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Comandos de Salvamento has assisted in a series of traffic accidents in recent hours that have left at least two people dead and several injured as a result of the road incidents.

The fatalities were identified as Carlos Hernán Cruz, 44, and Sonia Elizabeth Salmerón Vda. De Vásquez, 40. Both people were traveling in a car that was struck and forced off the road by another vehicle, colliding with a pole and dying instantly.

The other driver suffered trauma to various parts of the body and was therefore taken to a hospital. Comandos de Salvamento of Ciudad Arce carried out maneuvers with their hydraulic equipment to free the bodies and hand them over for legal identification.

Hours before this collision, Comandos de Salvamento of Quezaltepeque assisted people who suffered trauma when the vehicle in which they were traveling collided on kilometer 32 of the Pan-American Highway. The victims were taken to the Social Security hospital in Santa Tecla.

On the Northern Trunk Highway, at kilometer 15, Comandos de Salvamento of Apopa are assisting a motorcyclist who suffered trauma after crashing his motorcycle.

At Redondel Integración, another motorcyclist was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene, leaving the victim with severe injuries; rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento of Apopa therefore rushed him to a hospital.

Comandos de Salvamento of Ilopango stabilized two motorcycle accident victims who were struck by a truck on San Bartolo Boulevard. The victims were taken to the Social Security hospital in Ilopango.

Tonight, Comandos de Salvamento of Ciudad Arce assisted at a traffic accident involving a vehicle and a motorcycle on the Old Highway to Santa Ana, at kilometer 36 and a half. Both injured people were taken to San Rafael Hospital in Santa Tecla.