WOMAN TRAPPED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN GUAZAPA

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This afternoon, a traffic accident recorded at kilometer 21 of the Northern Trunk Highway in the jurisdiction of Guazapa left the female driver of a sedan-type vehicle trapped.

Members of the Vehicle Rescue Unit and rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador responded to the emergency, in which a sedan-type automobile had collided with the rear axle of a truck traveling from South to North along kilometer 21 of the Northern Trunk Highway.

Two women were traveling inside the sedan-type vehicle, with the driver identified as c, 57, who was traveling from North to South and became trapped among the twisted metal.

Meanwhile, her passenger, identified as Rosa Amalia Contreras de Acosta, 50, sustained minor injuries and was treated by volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador before being admitted to the Social Security hospital.

Using hydraulic equipment, the rescuers worked for several minutes to free the driver, while the rescuers, together with members of the Medical Emergency System, stabilized the victim, who is in guarded condition due to trauma to her skull and lower limbs, which had become trapped.

Lorena del Carmen Brizuela de Aragón was taken to the Social Security hospital in Apopa for stabilization and evaluation by doctors.