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WEEKEND ACCIDENTS LEAVE PEOPLE INJURED
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A series of traffic accidents has been reported in recent hours, leaving several people injured. The most unusual incident was the running over of a person in a wheelchair in this capital city.
Early Sunday morning, five people traveling in a car suffered trauma after colliding with a divider when the driver lost control. The incident occurred on the Carretera leading from Puerto de La Libertad to Santa Tecla.
Among the victims assisted by rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador were two adults and three minors, who were taken to a medical facility.
Meanwhile, our rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento de Zacatecoluca assisted Wilber Martínez, 22, a young motorcyclist who lost control of the vehicle and suffered trauma while traveling on the Carretera to San Luis La Herradura.
José Manuel Mendoza, 25, who was riding a motorcycle, was involved in a traffic accident on the CA 2 highway, near kilometer 47, close to Caserío Nueva Nahualapa.
His passenger, Cristian Josué Hernández, 23, also suffered injuries; both patients were taken to a hospital.
Meanwhile, Comandos de Salvamento de San Martín attended to three people traveling on a motorcycle on the Pan-American Highway near the turnoff to the Apulo tourist center.
The victims lost control of the motorcycle and suffered several injuries, so they were admitted to San Bartolo Hospital, in Ilopango.
Hours later, volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento de Ilopango assisted a young woman who suffered trauma after falling from her motorcycle while traveling on San Bartolo Boulevard. She was taken to the Ilopango Social Security facility.
Meanwhile, rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento de San Martín attended to Elmer Javier Trinidad, 30, and Billy Isaías, 16, who suffered trauma after falling from their motorcycle at kilometer 29 of the road leading to Suchitoto, near the Las Guaras bridge, in San Martín.
Both patients were admitted to the San Martín CAE.
In Lourdes, Colón, the driver of a truck became trapped after colliding with a pole when he lost control of the vehicle. The incident occurred at kilometer 24 of the Pan-American Highway toward San Salvador.
The driver of the vehicle was identified as kevin Edenilson Aguilar, 23, who had injuries to his lower limbs and was taken to FOSALUD in Lourdes, Colón, La Libertad.
Comandos de Salvamento stabilized two young people traveling on a motorcycle on 1ª Avenida Norte and 11ª Calle Poniente after they were struck by a car.
The victims had trauma to various parts of their bodies.
On Ejército Boulevard, Comandos de Salvamento assisted a young motorcycle rider who was injured after colliding with a car that made a turn near the Nuevo Amanecer terminal, in Soyapango.
The most unusual incident was the running over of an elderly man traveling in his wheelchair on Calle Modelo, after being struck by a truck delivering poultry products.
Comandos de Salvamento went to the scene to provide prehospital care, as he presented hypertensive complications.
This morning, volunteers assisted a motorcyclist who was injured after losing control on a curve on Venezuela Boulevard near Barrio San Esteban.
The injured man will be taken to Zacamil Hospital due to multiple injuries.
Accident involving two motorcyclists on Juan Pablo II; both motorcyclists collided and suffered multiple injuries. They were stabilized and taken to medical facilities.
In Sonsonate, Comandos de Salvamento assisted Carlos Daniel Martínez López, 22, after he collided with a vehicle on Las Palmeras Boulevard.
The young man had trauma to his left lower limb and to his right upper limb near his thumb, so he was immediately taken to Mazzini Hospital in Sonsonate.
Early in the morning, Comandos de Salvamento Zaragoza responded to a serious traffic accident on the Carretera leading from Puerto de La Libertad to Santa Tecla, near Cristo Negro.
Two people traveling on a motorcycle were injured at the scene. Rescuers provided them with prehospital care and took one to ISSS-Santa Tecla and the other to San Rafael Hospital in Santa Tecla.
