On the night time of Saturday January 17 to Sunday January 18, in Nanterre, at an exit from the A86 motorway, a motorist collided with two vehicles stopped at a purple mild. One of them instantly burst into flames and its driver didn’t have time to flee from the passenger compartment. He died within the hearth. The driver of the second automobile was transported to hospital with a life-threatening situation. The driver, who fled earlier than being arrested, is suspected of getting consumed nitrous oxide, this laughing fuel with devastating results, notably on focus. “It is urgent to put an end to the trivialization of these practices”known as, in a press launch, Philippe Nozière, president of the 40 million motorists affiliation, which has counted, in six years, virtually 450 accidents linked to the consumption of this fuel.
On the night time of December 2 to three, 2025, in Alès (Gard), three younger individuals, aged 14 to 19, drowned in a personal swimming pool after their automobile, the place a number of bottles of nitrous oxide have been discovered, missed a flip. At the start of November in Lille, a 19-year-old younger man was fatally struck by a motorist who had consumed this fuel. At the time, the sufferer’s household was obtained by the Keeper of the Seals, Gérald Darmanin, and the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, who then each known as for stricter supervision of this substance and for it to be listed on a “list of narcotics”. “It’s a real scourge. But, for the moment, there is no legal basis to criminally prosecute the entire protoxide chain: from the producer to the reseller. Everyone is improvising”acknowledges the deputy (Renaissance) of the North Vincent Ledoux.
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