TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS LEAVE PEOPLE INJURED IN RECENT HOURS

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A young man was rescued early this morning from among the twisted metal of the vehicle he was driving, which crashed into the rear of a truck that was parked due to mechanical problems.

The vehicle incident occurred on 17th Avenida Norte and Calle al Boquerón in Ciudad Merliot, Santa Tecla, where the driver became trapped.

Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador specialists in handling hydraulic equipment arrived to free the young driver, who was identified as Walter Eduardo Ochoa, 23.

An hour later, on the Pan-American Highway near Plan de La Laguna in Antiguo Cuscatlán, two people were injured when the vehicle in which they were traveling crashed into a protective barrier.

Volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador arrived at the accident site, where they assisted the two people.

In the early hours of this morning, rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador responded to a traffic accident on kilometer 10 of the Northern Trunk Highway, where the driver of a Route 4 microbus collided with a tree.

The driver of the public transportation unit sustained significant injuries, stating that the vehicle developed steering problems and collided head-on with the tree. No other people were injured because they were heading to the microbus stop to begin work.

Rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador begin the task of freeing a victim trapped in a vehicle.