THREE DEAD AFTER CAR FALLS INTO LAKE COATEPEQUE

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Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador, El Congo branch, arrived to provide assistance to people traveling inside the vehicle that had boarded the ferry crossing Lake Coatepeque.

The victims were unable to get out of the vehicle, which fell into the lake’s waters, dying from asphyxiation. The victims’ bodies have been recovered, while a fourth person was taken to a medical facility in an emergency.

The deceased were traveling to Teopán Island, in Lake Coatepeque, when the tragedy occurred on Wednesday afternoon.

Among the deceased were Antonio Cabrales Cáceres (former Minister of Agriculture), 86; Antonio Cerén Hernández, 38; and Dina Ortiz, 26, who was the Cabrales family’s domestic services employee. Meanwhile, Ana María Meza de Cabrales managed to jump out of the car seconds before it fell into the water.

The victims’ bodies were recovered by members of Cruz Verde stationed in the area.

Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador, El Congo branch, arrived to provide assistance to people traveling inside the vehicle that had boarded the ferry crossing Lake Coatepeque.

The victims were unable to get out of the vehicle, which fell into the lake’s waters, dying from asphyxiation. The victims’ bodies have been recovered, while a fourth person was taken to a medical facility in an emergency.

The deceased were traveling to Teopán Island, in Lake Coatepeque, when the tragedy occurred on Wednesday afternoon.

Among the deceased were Antonio Cabrales Cáceres, Antonio Cerén Hermoles, and Dina Aguilar. Meanwhile, Ana María Meza de Cabrales managed to jump out of the car seconds before it fell into the water.

The victims’ bodies were recovered by members of Cruz Verde stationed in the area.