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Four Americans dead in Costa Rica rafting accident
SAN JOS, Oct 21, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Four American tourists were
killed and a fifth Costa Rican tourist was missing after a river
rafting accident in the Central American country Saturday, the Red
Cross said.
The alarm was raised Saturday afternoon following the
accident in a swollen river on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast,
Alexander Morales of the Red Cross told AFP.
“Fourteen tourists and three guides on board three rafts and
a kayaker were on the Naranjito river in Quepos de Puntarenas when
the accident occurred,” Alexander Morales told AFP.
Another spokesman, Johnny Zamora, later confirmed the
American tourists had yet to be identified.
Rafting is hugely popular with tourists in Costa Rica, which
is currently in its wet season, causing waterways to flood.
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