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Wenatchee Clinical Social Worker Mark Hoffman ha sido colaborador y un representante internacional de Comandos de Salvamento desde 1996.

Selma has Comandos on Alert

The road to Planes de Renderos was barely holding out during the Selma Tropical Storm.

Comandos are staying on alert due to the tropical storm increasing over the last few hours in El Salvador

CDS Eastern delegate bases are on call and ready to respond at any moments notice while monitoring river levels and homes that could be affected in case of flooding. Humble living areas have been affected in Apastepeque, San Vicente but no injuries or missing people have been reported. Strong winds in the Dept of Usulután have caused large trees to collapse.

Varios árboles se derribaron ante las ráfagas de vientos de Selma.

Los vientos en las primeras horas de la mañana destruyeron algunos techos de viviendas en Apastepeque.
La lluvia causo desbordamiento sobre la carretera Panamericana a la altura de Apastepeque, San Vicente.
La lluvia causo desbordamiento sobre la carretera Panamericana a la altura de Apastepeque, San Vicente.

Venezuela Blvd Accident leaves Two Injured

The Comandos Extrication Team attended the accident located in Barrio Lourdes.

The Urban Extrication Team was immediately dispatched to the Bulevar Venezuela when 73yo driver Alfredo Antonio Monzón Rodríguez crashed into another car.

He was extricated along with another person, 28yo Alejandra Ayala

Alfredo Antonio Monzón Rodríguez, de 73 is secured and prepared for transport.

The accident caused a large traffic backup, “trabazón”.

MCI Bus Accident

Ocho personas resultaron lesionadas al accidentarse dos unidades del transporte colectivo en esta capital, sobre la 15ª. Calle Oriente y la Avenida España.

8 people were injured during two bus accidents along the 15 calle Oriente and Ave. España. First Responders from Comandos secured and transported them to nearby hospitals. Victims included the following: Emelí Menjívar, de 3 años; Berta Alvarado, de 63; Jennifer Mata, de 21; Yolanda Arias, de 69; Rosmeri Vargas, de 33; Guadalupe Arias, de 38; Héctor González, de 38 y Lilian González, de 44.

Los socorristas de Comandos de Salvamento atendieron a las víctimas.
Socorristas auxilian a los heridos.
Los lesionados fueron llevados a diferentes centros asistenciales.
Un voluntarios de Comandos de Salvamento brinda asistencia pre hospitalaria a víctima del accidente.
Los ochos lesionados entre ellos una menor de edad fueron llevados a Hospitales.