WOMAN TRAPPED IN BOULEVARD ACCIDENT

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This morning, Vehicle Rescue and Medical units from Comandos de Salvamento responded to kilometer eight of the Army Boulevard, near Cárcel de Mujeres, in Ilopango.

The driver of a route 29 minibus, which travels from Ilopango to San Salvador, collided with a truck that was leaving Calle La Unión to join the Army Boulevard.

In the traffic accident, a woman who was traveling as a passenger in the front part of the public transportation unit became trapped among the metal parts of the vehicle that struck the truck halfway.

Members of the Vehicle Rescue Unit of Comandos de Salvamento, together with the Cuerpo de Bomberos, used specialized equipment to free the passenger, who was identified as Julia Canales Viuda de Díaz, 51, and was taken to the Social Security hospital.

Three other passengers were injured, including a second woman and two men who suffered trauma to different parts of their bodies and were taken to different healthcare centers.