Australian teenager Bianca Jones has become the fourth tourist to die in what is believed to be mass poisoning in Laos.
The 19-year-old’s family confirmed the death to the media on Thursday. A few hours earlier, the US State Department told the media that an American had died in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.
Two Danish women, aged 19 and 20, also died last week in Laos, authorities confirmed, while Jones’ friend Holly Bowles and a British woman are said to be on life support in hospital.
The death remains under police investigation, but news reports and testimony from other tourists suggest they may have consumed drinks laced with methanol, a deadly substance often found in smuggled alcohol.
