TWO DEAD AND INJURED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

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In recent hours, Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador has responded to serious traffic accidents that have left two women dead and several injured.

The first occurred at kilometer thirty-one of the Highway to the Port of La Libertad, where two vehicles were involved. The driver of one of them was apparently a young man in a drunken state, and, traveling in the opposite direction, he collided with the vehicle that was heading down toward the coastal beaches, in which the woman who died instantly was traveling.

Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, together with other institutions, assisted three of the occupants of the at-fault vehicle and the driver of the vehicle in which the woman lost her life, taking them to medical centers in Santa Tecla.

In another unfortunate incident, Mrs. Ana Dolores Chávez de Peñate lost her life on Calle Comasagua, near a residential area. Two vehicles collided, and eight other people sustained serious injuries and were admitted to nearby hospitals.

Meanwhile, Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, Sensuntepeque branch, assisted two motorcyclists who were involved in road accidents. One of these occurred on the Highway to Ciudad Dolores, near Picacho. The victim was admitted to Sensuntepeque Hospital.

Another of the injured was a man who suffered lacerations after crashing his motorcycle on the San Juan Nuevo Edén Bridge. The young man received prehospital care from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador rescuers.

As of Saturday, Comandos de Salvamento has responded to 59 traffic accidents, which have left 3 people dead and 64 people with trauma injuries who have been admitted to various medical centers.