Costa Rica Marks Century Since Virilla River Train Crash Took 385 Lives

A century after Costa Rica’s deadliest train accident, the country pauses to remember the 385 people who lost their lives and the 93 others who suffered injuries when an overloaded train derailed on a bridge over the Virilla River. The disaster struck on March 14, 1926. A special train left Heredia and stopped in Alajuela, […] The post Costa Rica Marks Century Since Virilla River Train Crash Took 385 Lives appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.


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