A British backpacker who drank at the same Laos hostel as Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones has revealed she suffered methanol poisoning two days before the Australian teenagers were struck down. Holly’s death was confirmed yesterday, one day after the passing of her best friend, Bianca.
Melbourne teenager Holly Bowles has died in hospital, surrounded by her family, after falling victim to a mass methanol poisoning in Laos.
Bowles and her best friend Bianca Jones were travelling around Southeast Asia when they fell desperately ill after consuming drinks laced with the toxic chemical on Tuesday, November 12.
Ms Bowles is the sixth person to die as a result of the mass poisoning incident, passing away in a Thai hospital just one day after Ms Jone
s.
