JOURNALIST DIES IN FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

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This morning, rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, Ciudad Arce branch, were alerted about a traffic accident on kilometer 47 of the Pan-American Highway near Cantón el Güineo, Municipality of El Congo.

Carlos Antonio Lima Arévalo, 38, was heading to Chalchuapa, where he was originally from, and was returning from the Department of San Miguel, where he had been carrying out a journalistic assignment, when he reached the aforementioned location and collided with the rear of a truck.

Volunteers from several institutions and private individuals undertook the rescue operation to free the journalist, who was caught between life and death after becoming trapped in the minibus he was driving.

However, despite having been freed, Carlos Lima lost his life due to the severity of his injuries. His body remained at the scene of the traffic accident pending the arrival of the Legal Medicine authorities.