Six dead in Laos after semi-trailer crashes into tourist van, confirms police

BANGKOK (AFP): Six people were killed when a semi-trailer collided with a tourist van in a mountainous area near the Thai-Laos border, a Thai police chief said on Friday night.

The crash happened on Thursday afternoon on a road running between the Laotian provinces of Luang Namtha and Bokeo, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from a Thai border crossing.

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