A U.S. citizen and at least four other tourists from Australia, Denmark and Britain died in Laos this month after having drinks possibly spiked with methanol.
By Helen Regan and Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — An Australian teenager has died and another is fighting for her life after drinking suspected tainted alcohol in Laos, as a growing list of countries warned of multiple poisonings linked to a tourist town in the Southeast Asian country.
At least four tourists, including an American, have died after consuming suspected methanol-tainted alcohol in Laos, according to officials and reports.
Several backpackers have fallen ill in a suspected methanol poisoning incident in Vang Vieng, Laos. One young Australian woman was on "life support" in a Thai hospital, her father said.
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. An American man and two Danes also died, though their exact causes of death have not been released. A New Zealander also has been sickened.
The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in Southeast Asia that has worked hard in recent years to shed its reputation for excess.
The death toll from a suspected adulterated alcohol mass poisoning in Laos rose to six Friday after an Australian teen backpacker died in a hospital in Thailand where she had been transferred for treatment.
Two Australians, two Danes, an American, and a Briton have died following a night out in tourist hot spot Vang Vieng. Alcohol laced with methanol is believed to be the cause of their deaths.
Six tourists have died in a suspected alcohol poisoning in Laos. Police are looking into whether the alcoholic drinks contained methanol, a highly poisonous substance for humans. This is a recurring issue across Southeast Asia. Host Carol Hills speaks with Dr.
