Ohio Woman Huffs and Drives Causing Accident

Via Lancaster Eagle-Gazette

A 47-year-old Ohio woman was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and abusing a harmful intoxicant.  The woman was found slumped over her steering wheel after she rammed into two parked vehicles, one that had two elderly people sitting inside it, in a parking lot.  The woman admitted to officers and medics that she had been huffing from a compressed-air duster before driving.  The woman also told police that she had previously been arrested earlier that week for a similar accident.

New Jersey Woman Arrested for Huffing and Driving

Via Trentonian.com 

A 36-year-old New Jersey woman was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, possession of toxic chemicals and reckless driving.  Police responded to reports of a car accident.  Officers found the woman standing next to her car holding a can of computer duster spray.  Police were familiar with the woman due to a recent arrest for huffing duster.  In the vehicle police found three more cans of duster.  A witness said the woman's vehicle crossed over the curbed median and across opposing traffic lanes before hitting a lightpole, causing it to fall into the road.

Idaho Man Caught Huffing in Parking Lot

Via MagicValley.com

A 28-year-old Idaho man was caught huffing in his car.  Police were called to a Target parking lot on a suspicious person call.  When officers arrived, they saw the man holding a can of computer duster and watched him put the nozzle in his mouth and huff from the can.  Police say the man slumped over in the seat of his car, then repeated the process three more times.  Officers tried to get the man's attention and noticed blood dripping from his mouth.  Fearing for the man's safety, police opened the car door and turned the car off.  Officers spent two minutes trying to wake the man up before he regained consciousness.   When he woke, the man said he was just detailing his car.  The man was cleared by paramedics and taken to jail.

Huffing Related Accident Leads to Charges for Ohio Man

Via chillicothegazette.com

A 28 year-old, Chillicothe, Ohio man is being charged after he crashed his car into a tree.  A nearby homeowner heard the sounds of the accident and ran to the car to find the driver leaned over into the passenger seat. A responding EMT told police that he saw the driver inhaling from a duster can and another can was found inside the car.  The driver admitted to inhaling the compressed air in the parking lot of a nearby store.  The man was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, failure to control, as well as first-degree misdemeanor charges of abusing harmful intoxicants and using weapons while intoxicated.

Multiple Crashes Caused by Driver Huffing Behind the Wheel in New York

Via CNYCentral in New York:

A 39 year old man was arrested after an inhalant abuse related crash.  He “lost control of the vehicle, then accelerated and crashed into a vehicle that was parked in a driveway and nearly struck a man who was shoveling near the vehicle.”

He then continued to accelerate and crashed into an apartment building, causing major damage before “continuing out of control across the roadway, nearly colliding with another building before coming to a rest.”  The tenants in the apartment building were “trapped inside their apartment for a short while until they could be rescued through a sealed doorway to another adjoining apartment."

When a deputy from the Sheriff’s office responded he found the man huffing from a can of computer duster.  The man responded he was nervous after the crash so he started huffing in order to deal with the stress. He was arrested and taken to a mental health center for evaluation.

Inhalant Abuse Causes Multi-Car Crash in Montana

Via the Montana Standard:

Two 20 year old males were arrested after an inhalant abuse related crash last week.  After allegedly inhaling computer duster, the driver lost control of the car and it veered off the road into a parking lot where it struck three cars.  The driver was arrested and faces “misdemeanor driving under the influence and careless driving charges” while his passenger was also arrested on “suspicion of misdemeanor possession of toxic substances.”