Gas and Solvent Use headlines July to September 2025

UK

Teenager killed grandad after inhaling laughing gas while driving A grandfather who left the pub smiling was struck and killed by a teen driving a car while inhaling laughing gas.

Romford boy, 11, found dead after inhaling aerosol fumes An 11-year-old boy from Harold Hill died after inhaling aerosol fumes, a court has heard.

Driver who inhaled nitrous oxide gas before and after killing cyclist jailed Cain Byrne sentenced to 11 and a half years in young offender institution over death of Graham Slinn in South Yorkshire

Speeding drink-driver high on nitrous oxide caused fatal crash on Aston Expressway, court told Ryan Sandhu, aged 21, was killed in a road traffic collision on the Aston Expressway on June 2 last year

'Reckless' driver who caused passenger's death in North Lincolnshire crash is sentenced An uninsured and unlicensed speeding driver under the influence of cannabis and nitrous oxide whose "reckless" and "extremely selfish" actions caused the death of a passenger has been sentenced to more than 12 years behind bars.

Man jailed after killing woman in collision A driver who was under the influence of nitrous oxide when he caused a fatal crash, resulting in the death of a woman, has been jailed for more than 14 years.

Man died from butane gas exposure after leaving prison A man died from a lack of oxygen after inhaling butane gas in his bedroom while under the care of the probation service, an inquest has heard.

 

The idiot on laughing gas who drove his Audi like a 'bat out of hell' Arran Donnelly lost control of his car before tragic collision

USA 

DUII-Related Case That Killed Two Ends in Eight-Year Sentence Investigators suspected the crash was a result of impairment, and court records indicate several whippet-related items were entered as evidence...

Spain

Brit woman killed in Ibiza car smash after 4×4 driven by ‘drug-driver’ mounts pavement leaving two others injured The suspect allegedly consumed deadly laughing gas moments before the accident

New Zealand

Coroner criticises Oranga Tamariki over systemic failings in huffing death of 14-year-old runaway Ruby Rose Tear, 14, died from accidental butane inhalation – known as huffing – at her grandmother’s West