Costa Rica Hit And Run Suspect Attempted Fleeing To Canada, Picked Up In The U.S.
The suspect who ran over and killing one worker on the Virilla or "platina" bridge of the autopista General Cañas didn't make it enter the United States when he was surprised by the US Customs and Border officials who detained him on his arrival at Hartsfield Jackson airport in Atlanta.
The identity of the man was only by his last name, Wellington and is a Canadian national.
The news of the accident that occurred late Wednesday night was withheld, made public Thursday afternoon, as authorities followed up leads and video images from cameras on the autopista of the hit and run vehicle, locating it in a parking lot of the Ramada Herradura hotel.
The vehicle had been a rental and once the man's identity had been obtained, a quick check of immigration records indicated the man had taken an early morning flight on Delta Airlines, headed for Atlanta.
In coordination with US authorities, Costa Rica's Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) alerted Atlanta customs, where he man was taken into custody and returned, in the company of US customs agents, to Costa Rica on a Delta flight 413 Thursday night.
It appears that the man, who had been in Costa Rica for three months, tried to get to Canada but since there are no early morning direct flights to Canada, opted for a stop over in the United States. Delta, as well as American Airlines and US Airways have early morning flights from San José.
The accident occurred on Wednesday night, when a speeding car - some say going over 120 km/h - going from Alajuela to San José, hit two workers on the reconstruction of the bridge.
One of the workers, Omar Lepiz , died on the scene while the other is in hospital with injuries.
Due the accident Tránsito officials decided, for the safety of the workers, to close down the autopista from the Juan Pablo II bridge to the Castella between 10pm and 5am, detouring traffic through Heredia.
Source: insidecostarica.com
The suspect who ran over and killing one worker on the Virilla or "platina" bridge of the autopista General Cañas didn't make it enter the United States when he was surprised by the US Customs and Border officials who detained him on his arrival at Hartsfield Jackson airport in Atlanta.
The identity of the man was only by his last name, Wellington and is a Canadian national.
The news of the accident that occurred late Wednesday night was withheld, made public Thursday afternoon, as authorities followed up leads and video images from cameras on the autopista of the hit and run vehicle, locating it in a parking lot of the Ramada Herradura hotel.
The vehicle had been a rental and once the man's identity had been obtained, a quick check of immigration records indicated the man had taken an early morning flight on Delta Airlines, headed for Atlanta.
In coordination with US authorities, Costa Rica's Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) alerted Atlanta customs, where he man was taken into custody and returned, in the company of US customs agents, to Costa Rica on a Delta flight 413 Thursday night.
It appears that the man, who had been in Costa Rica for three months, tried to get to Canada but since there are no early morning direct flights to Canada, opted for a stop over in the United States. Delta, as well as American Airlines and US Airways have early morning flights from San José.
The accident occurred on Wednesday night, when a speeding car - some say going over 120 km/h - going from Alajuela to San José, hit two workers on the reconstruction of the bridge.
One of the workers, Omar Lepiz , died on the scene while the other is in hospital with injuries.
Due the accident Tránsito officials decided, for the safety of the workers, to close down the autopista from the Juan Pablo II bridge to the Castella between 10pm and 5am, detouring traffic through Heredia.
Source: insidecostarica.com