MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS

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Members of the Comandos de Salvamento Vehicle Rescue Unit and Red Cross personnel freed the body of a man who died when his vehicle crashed on kilometer 30 of the highway to the Port of La Libertad, near the place known as the Papaturro curve.

The deceased person was identified as Carlos David Quintanilla, 20 years old, and three more people were injured in the traffic accident.

For several minutes, the rescuers worked with hydraulic equipment to recover the body of the driver, who died instantly after the collision, and thus hand it over to the authorities of the Legal Medicine Institute for the legally required identification.

Another person also lost his life in another automobile accident on the highway leading to El Salvador International Airport, near Olocuilta, after the vehicle collided with a tree in the area.

During the current year, more than 16,000 traffic accidents have left approximately one thousand people dead, according to statistics reported by authorities of the Policía Nacional Civil.

It should be mentioned that these traffic accidents have resulted in nearly 9,000 people injured, who have been transported to the various healthcare centers in the country.