PICKUP TRUCK CRASHES INTO PASSENGER MINIBUS

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At around 9 in the morning on the Western Pan-American Highway at kilometer 23, near the El Jabalí Racetrack, a Route 109 coaster traveling from Nejapa to Quezaltepeque was struck by a private pickup truck, leaving several people injured.

Some 14 passengers from the public transportation unit were assisted by Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador, Apopa and Nejapa branches, as well as SEM, Red Cross, Green Cross and Policía Nacional Civil personnel, who took the injured to various medical centers.

The collision involving the Route 109 minibus occurred when the pickup truck was unable to brake in time due to a bad maneuver by the driver of the public transportation unit, crashing into the unit and destroying part of the seats where passengers were sitting.

Units from Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador transported two patients from the Fosalud facility in Quezaltepeque to Zacamil Hospital due to the severity of their injuries.