10 DEAD AND NEARLY 48 INJURED IN EL TAMARINDO

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61 members of the Apostles and Prophets Church of El Tamarindo, in La Unión, were involved in a traffic accident on the bus in which they were traveling to the Municipio of San Dionisio, in the Departamento of Usulután, to attend a funeral.

The driver lost control of the route 338 vehicle at the height of Cantón El Capulín, in Chirilagua, initially colliding with a wall and subsequently overturning at the edge of a ravine.

9 people have lost their lives in this road accident, and 48 injured people, including adults and children, were admitted to San Juan de Dios Hospital in San Miguel and San Francisco Hospital by various rescue organizations and the Policía Nacional Civil.

Comandos de Salvamento sections from eastern El Salvador arrived at the scene of the tragedy to assist the victims. They also worked to free some bodies that remain inside the public transportation vehicle.

Three people who died were left outside the bus and were identified as the pastor of the Apostles and Prophets Church, Lorenzo de Los Ángeles Torres Rodríguez, 68; Erik Joel Ríos Gómez, 33; Ana Lilian Martínez Guzmán, 14; and Reina Maribel Parada de Vanegas, 52.

Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador is still working in the impact area to recover 4 of the bodies of the deceased. Martín Parada, 76, one of the victims, died at San Juan de Dios Hospital in San Miguel.