Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both 19, were on their "dream getaway" when the pair fell ill after consuming drinks at a popular tourist town in Laos. Holly became the second of the two best friends to die from the suspected mass methanol poisoning. This video includes ACM-produced voiceover powered by AI.
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00:00A second Australian teen who fell critically ill from a mass methanol poisoning in Laos
00:04last week has died in a Thailand hospital.
00:07Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both 19, were on their dream getaway when the pair fell
00:13ill after consuming drinks at a popular tourist town in Laos.
00:17The number of casualties from the incident has now increased to six, after at least 10
00:22people were reportedly affected by the suspected poisoning.
00:26Australia has updated its official travel advice, following the poisoning's and the
00:29victim's family's pleas not to let their deaths be in vain.