ONE DEAD AND MORE THAN 30 INJURED AFTER BUS PLUNGES INTO RAVINE

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Units of Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador went to the aid this morning of several victims left by a fatal traffic accident on kilometer 76 of the Pan-American Highway, near the Quebrada Seca bridge, in San Vicente.

The route 301 bus, which travels from San Salvador to San Miguel, plunged into an approximately 15-meter ravine before the Quebrada Seca Bridge.

Passengers on the public transportation unit managed to get out of the vehicle after it came to a stop at the bottom of the ravine. Some of them assisted the injured so they could leave the bus.

Meanwhile, Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador, the Red Cross, SEM, Cuerpo de Bomberos, Protección Civil and Policía Nacional Civil helped transport the injured to Santa Gertrudis Hospital in San Vicente, where the death of one of the victims has already been confirmed.

Ambulances from Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador are heading to Santa Gertrudis Hospital to transport critically injured victims to Santa Teresa Hospital in Zacatecoluca.

The fatal bus accident has left more than 30 people injured.