RESCUE OF PERSON TRAPPED IN ACCIDENT

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The driver of a vehicle experienced moments of anguish this morning after crashing into a trailer truck at kilometer 36.5 of the old highway leading from San Salvador to Santa Ana.

Comandos de Salvamento arrived at the scene of the traffic accident and used hydraulic equipment to free him after several minutes, since one of his lower limbs was trapped in the area of impact.

After freeing him, the Comandos de Salvamento rescuers stabilized him and subsequently admitted the driver, identified as Fernando Alberto Pacheco, 34, to the Social Security Hospital in Santa Tecla due to his injuries.

The victim collided with a trailer truck and was taken to a hospital in Santa Tecla.