14 PASSENGERS INJURED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

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This afternoon, rescue personnel traveled along the Litoral Highway near Zacatecoluca, where two vehicles collided head-on, leaving both drivers trapped.

Personnel from the Cuerpo de Bomberos de El Salvador, supported by Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, the Red Cross, Municipal Protección Civil, and Policía Nacional Civil, worked for several minutes to free, using hydraulic equipment, the driver of an international public-transport vehicle and the driver of a small truck traveling from east to west.

Freddy García, 47, was driving the small truck and attempted to overtake another vehicle, colliding head-on with the bus traveling toward the Republic of Honduras.

The injured, most of them passengers on the international bus, were assisted; four of them were admitted to different medical centers.

Meanwhile, Comandos de Salvamento and the Red Cross provided assistance at the scene of the traffic accident to 10 of the passengers.

Those injured include: Ingrid Velásquez, 33, of Honduran nationality; Eneida Múñez, 51, Honduran; Iris Tejeda, 45, from Honduras; Natalie Rodríguez, 76, Honduran; Eduardo Alvarado, 22, of U.S. nationality; Ingrid González, 34, Salvadoran; and María Patricia Balan, 39, of Guatemalan nationality.