HALF A HUNDRED ACCIDENTS WITHOUT FATALITIES

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A weekend of high accident rates kept the volunteers of Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador on alert nationwide, as they responded to a total of 34 traffic accidents at different locations throughout the country.

Although the tally reports multiple injured people, it highlights that no fatalities were recorded, thanks to the rapid and timely intervention of emergency response teams.

Our institution’s overall count indicates that assistance was provided in nearly half a hundred road accidents last weekend, involving a wide range of vehicles: motorcycles, trucks, tractors, tanker trucks, and sedan-type vehicles.

Main Incidents Reported by Branches: Eastern La Paz: multiple-vehicle crash and burned motorcycle.

On Saturday night, Comandos de Zacatecoluca responded to a complex accident on the highway, near Cantón Los Zacatillos, within the jurisdiction of San Juan Nonualco.

A sedan-type vehicle struck a trailer without rear lights.

Minutes later, two motorcyclists collided in the same area, apparently due to a lack of lighting and an improper turn by one of them.

One of the motorcycles caught fire at the scene.

Rescuers stabilized one motorcyclist at the scene and assisted the sedan’s driver, transporting both to Hospital Nacional Santa Teresa. The second motorcyclist was transported by a police patrol.

In Ciudad Arce, on Saturday, assistance was provided to a motorcyclist with minor injuries on the old road toward Santa Ana. On Sunday night, the Medical Unit verified another accident involving an injured motorcyclist on the same road, near La Joya.

Comandos de Salvamento de Sensuntepeque assisted Saraí Ramos, who suffered a cut wound to the skull following an accident on Carretera Longitudinal del Norte, transporting her to the national hospital in Sensuntepeque.

Rescuers from Comandos de Berlín assisted a 36-year-old man from Cantón El Tablón, who was injured on the road leading toward Cantón Colón. He was stabilized and taken to Fosalud de Berlín.

In Apopa, volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento provided assistance after a sedan-type vehicle overturned on kilometer 9 of the Western Pan-American Highway. Miraculously, the driver and those affected suffered only minor injuries.

Comandos de Zaragoza assisted a 20-year-old motorcyclist who was injured after colliding with a vehicle at Km 18 on the road to Puerto de La Libertad; he was transported to Hospital San Rafael.

For its part, Comandos de Santa Ana provided assistance and transported a critically injured person who had been struck by a vehicle on Avenida Fray Felipe.

In Zacatecoluca, Comandos assisted an injured motorcyclist on Sunday night after he collided with a private vehicle on the Coastal Highway, near Cantón El Socorro.

Comandos de Salvamento reiterates its call to all drivers to drive with extreme caution, obey traffic regulations, and avoid distractions, with the primary objective of preventing more accidents and protecting citizens’ lives.

The Board of Directors of Comandos de Salvamento thanks and congratulates all its bases and volunteers across the country for the tireless work carried out during the weekend, highlighting the important work performed for the benefit of the Salvadoran population.

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