FOUR INJURED IN ROUTE 109 MICROBUS ACCIDENT

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This morning, units from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador were alerted about a traffic accident that occurred on 10th Avenida Norte and 11th Calle Oriente in San Salvador, involving a public transportation microbus and a private vehicle.

Following the collision, the driver of the Route 109 microbus, identified as José Vásquez, 45, became trapped with his left lower limb among the twisted metal. Therefore, the Vehicle Rescue Unit of Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, with the help of hydraulic equipment, managed to free and stabilize him, after which he was taken to Hospital Molina in Soyapango.

Meanwhile, among the passengers traveling in the public transportation vehicle, three more people suffered trauma, including a minor identified as Ardon F., 4, Verónica Flores, 25, and Sara Castro, 33. They were taken to different medical centers.

ELDERLY MAN DIES AFTER FALLING FROM MOVING PICKUP TRUCK

Rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, Nejapa branch, traveled this morning to the old road to Nejapa, in front of the entrance to the Quintas de San Antonio, where a 75-year-old man named Ramón Gálvez, who was riding in the bed of a pickup truck, fell after the vehicle’s driver performed a maneuver, causing the elderly man to lose his balance.

Volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador arrived at the scene of the incident; however, the victim showed no vital signs.