TRAGEDY IN COMALAPA

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Three people lost their lives this afternoon at kilometer 39 of the Carretera a Comalapa, where a pickup truck carrying five people collided with the rear of a truck.

The deceased victims were identified as Carlos Acosta, 37, Gabriel Aguilar, 52, and José Rivas, 31, all originally from the city of Soyapango.

Responders from Comandos de Salvamento assisted the truck driver, José Panameño, 48, who was stabilized.

Members of the Rescue Unit of Comandos de Salvamento and the Cuerpo de Bomberos participated in freeing one of the bodies that had become trapped among the twisted metal of the pickup truck.

The body was handed over to the judicial and prosecutorial authorities and the Institute of Legal Medicine for legal identification.