DEAD AND INJURED AFTER VEHICLE PLUNGES INTO RAVINE

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Early this Friday morning, a young man lost his life when the pickup truck in which he was traveling with an Ecuadorian crashed on the Pan-American Highway near the turnoff to Jucuapa.

Volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento of Chinameca and Alegría assisted the occupants of the vehicle, who were traveling from San Miguel to San Salvador when they lost control of the vehicle, which plunged into a ravine approximately ten meters deep.

Following the impact, Job Jonathan Mendoza López, 22, who was driving the pickup truck, lost his life. Meanwhile, Yanick Peter Álvarez Flores, 25, of Ecuadorian nationality, suffered multiple traumas and was rescued and admitted to the hospital in Nueva Guadalupe.

Rescuers from the Comandos de Salvamento Vertical Rescue Unit and Bomberos Nacionales participated in the efforts to recover the driver’s body, which had become trapped.