A British backpacker has told how she cheated death in a horror bus crash that killed one and left 43 others injured.<br /><br />Ciara Breen, 26, was one of eight Brits onboard a 10-hour overnight sleeper bus which veered off the road in Laos, south east Asia and crashed into a tree.<br /><br />Local media reported that one man was killed in the crash, which happened at around 5am local time on Sunday, January 26.<br /><br />Ciara, from Kingston upon Thames, London, was one month in to a six month tour across Asia at the time of the crash.