TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ARE THE ORDER OF THE DAY

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Comandos de Salvamento, attended a new road accident early this morning on the highway that leads from El Salvador International Airport to the Salvadoran capital, leaving at least six people injured.The traffic accident occurred at five in the morning this Tuesday at kilometer 14 of the Airport Highway, where a truck transporting female vendors from the Departamento of La Paz to the area of the capital’s markets.

An oversight caused the driver to crash into the rear of a trailer traveling in the same direction toward San Salvador, leaving several people injured.

Among the victims treated by rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento, Cruz Verde, and SEM personnel were Cándida Angela Castro, 73; Norma Inés Ventura Solorzano, 46; Dinora Ventura Martínez, 48; and Wendy Elizabeth Martínez Rodríguez, 28, who were admitted to different medical centers.

Two more people were assisted by the Medical Emergency System, which was passing by the scene of the traffic accident.

Meanwhile, a young woman died this morning on the highway from Santa Ana to San Salvador, near the Lourdes free-trade zone, where a vehicle struck the woman as she was attempting to cross the roadway.

In Citalá, Chalatenango, a new road accident was reported at kilometer 93 in the area known as the La Vueltona curve, where the driver of a trailer lost control and crashed into a pole, causing only material damage.