4 US TOURISTS DIE IN RIVER RAFTING ACCIDENT

SAN JOSÉ: 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.