An 11-year-old boy has died after having apparently taken part in a TikTok challenge nicknamed “chroming”.
Tommie-Lee Gracie Billington was found unresponsive by paramedics at a friend’s house in Lancaster on Saturday, having suffered a suspected cardiac arrest.
He is thought to have taken part in a craze that involves inhaling toxic chemicals, often from household products, to get high. Doing so can affect the central nervous system, leading to slowed-down brain activity, slurred speech, dizziness, hallucinations and potentially heart attacks or suffocation.
Lancashire police were called to the scene by North West Ambulance Service shortly after 12pm and transferred the boy to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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