HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES INJURED IN ACCIDENT TO SANTA ANA

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Rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, from the Zapotitán, El Congo, and Ciudad Arce sections, activated their alerts after being informed of a traffic accident on kilometer 41 of the Pan-American Highway near Casa Blanca, in Ciudad Arce.

The driver of a minibus transporting staff from the Military Hospital of San Salvador toward Santa Ana collided with the rear of a public transportation bus traveling in the same direction.

The volunteers of Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador used hydraulic equipment to free a woman traveling as the minibus’s copilot, who was trapped among the twisted metal of the vehicle.

Minutes later, the rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador managed to free her and transport her to the Military Hospital in San Salvador, while the rest of her colleagues were taken by ambulance to the same healthcare facility.

In addition to the injured people from the minibus carrying the Military Hospital staff, four more passengers from the public transportation vehicle suffered trauma and were taken to healthcare facilities in Santa Ana.

Those injured include Mariela Barrera, 30; Maribel Bolaños, 34; Wendy Pindel, 40; María Ofelia Valladares, 35; Aracely Arévalo, 49; Claudia Raquel Solís Ramírez, 30; Miguel Armando Dimas, 62; Kelly Patricia López, 26; Nory Fuentes, 38; and Ana Lilian Galdámez, 42. All were taken to the Military Hospital in San Salvador.

Nancy Carolina De Santos, 27; Gisela Marina Duran, 32; Doris Elizabeth Ramírez, 36; and one other unidentified person were admitted to Hospital San Juan de Dios and the Social Security facility in Santa Ana.