COMMANDOS RESPOND TO SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN PUERTO PARADA, USULUTÁN

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A family came close to losing their lives while traveling in their car to Puerto Parada, Usulután, when they were struck head-on by a pickup truck traveling to Usulután, at around four-thirty Saturday afternoon.

María Teresa Membreño, 46, who was driving a four-door car with private license plates 455-373, was hit by the pickup truck, whose driver’s whereabouts are unknown, according to the Police. The woman’s other four passengers were assisted by police units and taken to medical centers with minor injuries.

Comandos de Salvamento, together with Bomberos Nacionales, battled for several minutes to free the woman, who was still alive and trapped among the twisted metal of the vehicle.

María Teresa Membreño suffered trauma to various parts of her body and was admitted as an emergency to San Pedro Hospital in Usulután.

Accident in San Juan Opico.

Comandos de Salvamento, Quezaltepeque branch, responded Saturday night to a traffic accident at the San Juan Opico turnoff, on the highway leading from Santa Tecla to Santa Ana.

Two people were injured in the traffic accident, including a woman who suffered trauma to her right lower limb and a laceration to the proximal third of the posterior side of her left arm, making admission to a medical center necessary.

Young woman falls from tree.

A young woman was taken to a medical center after suffering multiple injuries when she fell from a tree. Medical unit personnel from Comandos de Salvamento provided assistance, and she was admitted to the Amatepec Social Security hospital.

The incident occurred on the road to Plan del Pino, in Ciudad Delgado.