California girl Kristal Salcido, 12, dies in her family's bathroom after huffing freon from the air conditioner

Mar 13, 2013 - 09:44
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California girl Kristal Salcido, 12, dies in her family's bathroom after huffing freon from the air conditioner
Kristal Salcido, a seventh grader in Victorville, California, was declared brain dead after the incident last week. Her family took her off life support four days later. Kristal's horrifying death is a nightmare for her parents and a warning for fami

A 12-year-old girl searching for a high has died after she collapsed in her grandmother's bathroom when she huffed freon from the air conditioner outside.

Kristal Salcido, a seventh grader in Victorville, Califoia, was declared brain dead after the incident last week. Her family took her off life support four days later.

Kristal's horrifying death is a nightmare for her parents and a waing for families everywhere about the dangerous trend of teenagers tapping air conditioning units to inhale the freon gas.

Tragic: Kristal Salcido, age 12, had to be taken off life support by her family after she went brain dead huffing freon from an air conditioner

Tragic: Kristal Salcido, age 12, had to be taken off life support by her family after she went brain dead huffing freon from an air conditioner

 

 
Deadly: This is the air conditioning unit behind her grandmother's house that Kristal tapped to huff the chemical, searching for a high

Deadly: This is the air conditioning unit behind her grandmother's house that Kristal tapped to huff the chemical, searching for a high

Moued: Kristal's classmates were shocked by her death. They remembered her as popular and kind

Moued: Kristal's classmates were shocked by her death. They remembered her as popular and kind

 
 

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