ACCIDENT IN ACAJUTLA LEAVES PERSON TRAPPED

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Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, Sonsonate branch, responded this morning to a traffic accident on the highway leading to the Port of Acajutla.

The traffic accident occurred when the driver of a truck delivering dairy products collided with a sugarcane trailer that was leaving Cantón Santa Emilia.

Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, together with the Cuerpo de Bomberos, used hydraulic equipment to free the co-driver of the delivery truck, who was identified as Wilfredo López Alfaro, 34.

After several minutes, rescuers managed to free the victim, who was taken to Jorge Mazzini Hospital in Sonsonate.

Meanwhile, the driver of the delivery truck had only minor lacerations. However, he was taken to the same medical center for a medical checkup.