OCTOGENARIAN FALLS FROM MOVING MINIBUS

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This morning, units from Comandos de Salvamento and the Emergency Medical System assisted an elderly man who was traveling as a passenger in a public-transportation minibus traveling along Alameda Juan Pablo II and 49th Avenida Sur in San Salvador.

The driver, who was detained by PNC authorities, made a poor maneuver, causing the octogenarian to lose his balance and fall through the door, which was open. The victim fell onto the roadway, sustaining trauma to his left lower limb.

Comandos de Salvamento rescuers were initially assisted by a woman who is a member of the Policía Nacional Civil. Subsequently, SEM personnel arrived to attend to the older adult, stabilize him, and take him to a medical facility.

The victim was identified as Miguel Ángel Ávalos Orellana, 81 years old.