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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Update: Monday's Fatal Inhalant Related Crash in Idaho

In a follow-up to the fatal inhalant related car crash in Idaho earlier this week, police note the driver and passenger were fighting over the can of computer duster immediately before the accident.

The Jeep Cherokee “went off the highway, through several small trees and hit one large one.” The driver died at the hospital, the passenger’s injuries are not life threatening.


The article notes that the local Idaho State Police Troopers “do not recall investigating a fatal crash involving huffing. He said that without toxicology tests, it's unclear how much of a factor it played in Monday's crash.”

Frighteningly, the article also points out that “another Treasure Valley teen died earlier this year after abusing inhalants. A 15-year-old Star boy who had been huffing refrigerant was found dead in a neighborhood pond in July.” More information on that case here.

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