Friday, January 10, 2025

Gas and Solvent Use headlines October to December 2024

UK

100mph laughing gas driver jailed for killing friends A driver who was filmed inhaling laughing gas behind the wheel before a high-speed crash has been jailed for killing three teenage friends.


Victims violently beaten with metal canister in unprovoked attack in Lower Stone Street, Maidstone
A thug who repeatedly struck two strangers with a heavy nitrous oxide canister in a late-night street attack has been jailed.

Mum shares shocking images of son, 12, in cardiac arrest after deadly 'chroming' challenge Mum Nichola King, 36, heard a loud thud and rushed over to find her 12-year-old son Cesar having a seizure on the kitchen floor - after trying a social media trend

USA

1 dead following crash, vehicle fire "The cause of the crash is still being investigated, though it is believed that huffing of aerosolized chemicals (nitrous oxide or dust-off spray) may be a factor in this incident," the news release said

Hearing delayed for woman accused of fatally striking pedestrian in Eureka An arraignment on Friday for a Eureka woman who allegedly inhaled nitrous oxide in May before crashing her car into a pedestrian, killing him, and later injuring multiple people was delayed until January.

Italy

Man Inhales ‘Laughter Drug’ From Balloon: Dies at 26, Celebrating Birthday The tragedy in Salento, the young man was on the street a few steps from home. The intervention of 118 was useless