Traffic accidents in Guatemala leave 10 injured and one motorist dead

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Traffic accidents in Guatemala leave 10 injured and one motorist dead

The Departmental Municipal Firefighters reported that three vehicles collided at kilometer 77 of the Inter-American route and that two people were injured, so they were transferred to the General Hospital of Tecpán Guatemala, in Chimaltenango.

In addition, they helped people with minor injuries and nervous breakdown.

In turn, at kilometer 37 of the route to the Atlantic, a woman suffered a fall while riding a motorcycle.

The lifeguards The motorcyclist was transferred to the Guastatoya National Hospitalin El Progreso.

In the same kilometer, the General Directorate of Road Protection and Safety reported the collision between two motorcyclesin which one person was injured. The incident blocked the left lane heading north, in San Antonio La Paz.

In Guatemala City, a motorcyclist died after crashing into a pole of power lines, which complicated traffic in zone 10.

Amílcar Montejo, road spokesman for the Municipality of Guatemala, explained that the man’s body fell on the other side of the roadwhich required the closure of four lanes on 22nd Avenue and Los Próceres Boulevard.

At kilometer 200 of the Inter-American route, a pick-up truck and a farm vehicle collided.

Provial recommended driving with caution in Totonicapan.

Volunteer Firefighters provided pre-hospital care to three injured in a vehicle accident at kilometer 51 of the Chimaltenango Bypass.

The incident blocked the right westbound lane.

The Guatemalan Red Cross reported that two motorcycles collided at kilometer 187 of the CA-2 Western routein Nuevo San Carlos, Retalhuleu, and left two injured, one of whom was transferred to the IGSS.

In the early morning hours, a trailer spilled oil after crashing into road dividers at kilometer 20 of the route to the Pacific.

The Villa Nueva Municipal Traffic Police coordinated the removal of heavy transport and the relocation of the separators with a crane; In addition, it dispersed select on the road to avoid skidding in the sector.

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