Boy, 12, died after inhaling Lynx deodorant in ‘TikTok challenge’

A ‘sweet’ boy died after participating in a social media ‘craze’ called Chroming, which had been shared on TikTok, an inquest has heard.

Oliver Gorman, 12, was found in his bedroom on the evening of May 5 this year, after arriving from holiday at the family home in Hyde, in Tameside, Greater Manchester.

He later died in the hospital, and investigators found empty deodorant bottles in his room, and a post-mortem found he died as a result of the inhalation of butane gas, a propellant found in many aerosol deodorants.

A coroner has now raised a ‘major concern’ about the spread of these so-called challenges on TikTok, and accused the platform of ‘disseminating these challenges quite happily’ – making them ‘easily accessible’ to impressionable youngsters.

He is also calling for better warni