DRIVER RESCUED AFTER BEING TRAPPED IN FLOODED BUS IN SONSONATE

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Comandos de Salvamento, Sonsonate branch, carried out the rescue of the driver of a public-transport bus who became trapped on one of the streets leading to the new terminal in that Departamento.

The information confirms that the driver, identified as Santos Aníbal Zepeda, was heading to park the vehicle after completing the respective trips. However, meters before reaching the terminal area, the water began to rise, covering almost the entire vehicle.

Comandos de Salvamento were alerted to the incident, and a team of rescuers managed to reach the bus to rescue the driver, who was suffering a nervous breakdown.

Minutes later, together with members of the Cuerpo de Bomberos de El Salvador and rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento, they managed to bring the driver to safety and take him to a medical center for a medical checkup.

Comandos de Salvamento maintains a nationwide alert following a report from Protección Civil authorities regarding the storm affecting most of the national territory.