Via KWQC in Illinois:
A Toulon, Illinois teenager was arrested last Thursday night for aggravated DUI and reckless homicide. Last November, the teen was driving with four friends when he passed out after huffing electronic duster. He lost control of the vehicle, and the car "hit a mailbox, vaulted into 114 feet into the air, and crashed nose first into the ground."
Three of the passengers who were not wearing seatbelts were thrown from the car and died. The driver and one passenger survived.
Even though police cannot test for huffing the way they test for drugs and alcohol, investigators decided that the evidence and witnesses were sufficient to press charges. The teen could face up to 28 years in prison if convicted.
The deaths have deeply affected the community of Toulon, IL, with one resident saying, "If you don't know the boys directly, you know their mother or their uncle, you know somebody in their family is affected."
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