DEAD AND SEVERAL INJURED IN MINIBUS CRASH; AMBULANCE HAS ACCIDENT

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Two people were killed and more than 10 injured early this morning on kilometer 22.5 of the Pan-American Highway, near San Pedro Perulapán.

Comandos de Salvamento assisted the victims using hydraulic equipment because several passengers, including the driver of the route 140 public-transport vehicle, had become trapped. The vehicle was heading to San Salvador and crashed into a dump truck.

Several Comandos ambulances were the first to arrive at the accident scene, and one of them transported one of the victims, who had been freed, to a medical center.

Unfortunately, due to the irresponsibility of a driver who, despite the vehicle traveling with emergency lights and its siren on, forced it off the road, causing it to crash into a tree.

The impact destroyed the Comandos de Salvamento ambulance, trapped the driver, and left three rescuers with various traumas. The victim being taken to the hospital died inside the emergency vehicle.