Gas and Solvent Use headlines July to September 2023

 UK

Halliwell: Man died after 'excess use' of laughing gas A man discovered dead in a car in Halliwell died after 'excess nitrous oxide use', an inquest has heard.

Fatal crash group were drinking and inhaling nitrous oxide, friend tells police  Driver Rafel Jeanne, 24, and passengers Darcy Ross, 21, and Eve Smith, 21, died in the crash, while the two remaining passengers, Sophie Russon, 20, and Shane Loughlin, 32, were injured but survived.

Disqualified driver jailed for killing two pedestrians on pavement  Jason Campbell, who had been inhaling nitrous oxide, ploughed into pedestrians John Manning and Mark Varney in Bedford on 31 October 2020.

Serial Leeds deodorant thief jailed and banned from city centre  A shoplifter known to retailers as "the Lynx thief" due to his numerous thefts of aerosol deodorants has been banned from Leeds city centre for five years

Norwich City footballer, 20, jailed over horror car crash which injured three people after inhaling hippy crack Flynn Clarke's BMW swerved into the opposite carriageway in April last year and crashed into a motorhome, leaving a passenger fearing he'd never walk again.

Ireland

Tributes paid to teenager who died 'after doing TikTok aerosol challenge' The teenager, from Co. Clare, has been named locally as Sarah Mescall, from Kilnamona, and died on Monday night after she was placed in an induced coma.

New Zealand

Carpet layer Ryan Mead died after accidentally inhaling toxic solvent during job The death of a carpet layer who was overcome by fumes during a job and died the next day in hospital was caused by exposure to a toxic solvent.

Australia

Death of Indigenous mental health patient in Darwin hospital due to ‘litany of failures’, inquest told Ngalarina, a sistergirl also known as Xysc after changing their name in 2017, was an involuntary mental health patient at the hospital in 2022 when they died alone in a bathroom from volatile substance abuse.

USA

‘He wasn’t Tommy’: Family shares story of inhalant death  On Halloween last year, Byers failed to show up for work. His father found his son’s lifeless body in the bathroom of his Golden Valley apartment.

Gas & Solvent Use headlines April to June 2023

UK

Schoolgirl, 15, found dead by her grandma after inhaling aerosol deodorant fumes

A teenager has died after breathing in aerosol fumes. Kacey Bartlett, 15, was found dead in her room on March 2, 2022, by her grandmother.

Man caused £600k damage to Peckham hotel after causing explosion with butane gas and cigarette A former bin worker who caused an explosion at a Peckham hotel after using butane gas and smoking a cigarette has avoided jail.

Derby: Drug driver jailed for killing taxi passenger in crash

The 22-year-old had been under the influence of ketamine and had inhaled nitrous oxide before the collision.

Mum high on laughing gas crashes car in 100mph fireball smash that killed friend 

Nasrin Saleh was driving at 103mph while high on laughing has before the crash.

Australia

Warning as Aussie teen dies in chroming incident over Easter weekend 

Esra Haynes, 13, suffered cardiac arrest after inhaling dangerous chemicals from an aerosol canister.

New Zealand

Twelve-year-old boy collapses and dies after huffing deodorant in Hamilton, New ZealandThe 12-year-old had been with friends at a Hamilton bus stop when he was told off by a member of the public, ran and fell to the floor, according to local media.

Solvent & Gas Use Headlines January to March 2023

 UK

Dad's warning after girl, 14, dies from inhaling deodorant Giorgia Green, who was 14 and from Derby, had a cardiac arrest after spraying the deodorant in her bedroom.

New Zealand

Coroner's report finds 13-year-old drowned after huffing butane A 13-year-old who drowned at home in the bath in 2019 had been huffing butane, a coroners report has found. Jorja Ashley Stewart lived with her parents and older sister in Alexandra and had engaged in huffing on several occasions before her death, on 2 July 2019.

USA

Driver sentenced to prison for DUI crash that killed woman on Kearny Mesa sidewalk A driver who was impaired when he fatally struck a pedestrian in Kearny Mesa last year was sentenced Thursday to four years in state prison.

Solvent & Gas Use Headlines November and December 2022

 UK

Blackburn gas addict flicked cigarette at shopkeeper A WOMAN blew cigarette smoke in a shopkeeper's face and then threw the cigarette at him in a dispute over her change.

'Stupid' teenager huffed balloons during high speed police chase then reversed into officer Rio Gregory, 18, was given a suspended prison sentence for causing actual bodily harm to a police officer

Ireland

Dad urges Government to copy UK plans to ban laughing gas ahead of son's inquest THE FATHER of a young man who died from a seizure involving nitrous oxide has called for Ireland to follow the UK in taking action to restrict the substance.

USA

NC woman sentenced to prison after DA says she caused fatal crash being high on Dust-Off Authorities said the crash was caused by the woman being high on prescription medications and a cleaning spray known as Dust-Off, which contains difluoroethane, a colorless, liquefied hydrocarbon gas.

Brazil

Valinhos child dies after participating in the “deodorant challenge” The 8-year-old boy, from Valinhos, who became intoxicated after participating in the game called “deodorant challenge” died this Saturday (5).

Argentina

A 12-year-old boy died, they suspect that he inhaled air deodorant The teenager was at a meeting with friends when he suddenly had a decompensation. The Río Gallegos Police urgently transferred him to the Regional Hospital, but they could not revive him.

Solvent & Gas Use Headlines October 2022

 UK

A young man had inhaled nitrous oxide at the wheel before driving his car into barriers in Sheffield city centre and dying, an inquest heard. Junaid Latif was also speeding when he crashed on Moore Street as he headed towards the roundabout at St Mary’s Gate...

Northwich teen in court for driving after using laughing gas A TEENAGER has been banned from driving and fined more than £400 for getting behind the wheel after taking laughing gas.

Spain

16 year old girl found dead in a park A girl 16 years old is dead after voluntarily inhaling the butane gas commonly used as a refill for lighters but also, increasingly, to get a ‘high’.

Australia

Harrowing account of how a teenager desperately tried to bring his mate, 16, back to life after he suffered a seizure from inhaling deodorant at a sleepover The tragic final moments of a boy who died from inhaling aerosol deodorant while having a sleepover at his friend's house have been revealed as a doctor admitted any medical efforts to save his life were 'too late'.