MAG EMPLOYEE DIES IN ACCIDENT

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Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, San Miguel Tepezontes branch, was alerted this morning about a traffic accident that occurred on the highway leading to the Municipio of El Paraíso de Osorio, in the Departamento of La Paz.

Volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador arrived at the scene, where a vehicle had fallen into a ravine and its driver, still alive, had become trapped. Minutes later, the responders managed to free the victim, who was identified as Juan Carlos Guzmán Carranza, 50.

Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador carried out maneuvers to stabilize the patient and transport him to Cojutepeque Hospital, where it was reported that minutes later, the victim had died due to the trauma sustained in the road accident.

Mr. Juan Carlos Guzmán Carranza was an employee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and was carrying out fieldwork when he was involved in the accident.