A mum claims her teenage son 'almost died' after inhaling laughing gas at Parklife festival. Alex Littler, 16, was rushed to hospital last weekend with a burst lung after complaining of breathlessness.
The youngster told doctors his chest felt like 'popping bubble wrap' when touched and confessed to them and his devastated mum that he'd inhaled nitrous oxide whilst at the festival in Heaton Park.
He was diagnosed with a ruptured and leaking lung and told he was lucky to be alive. But medics warned he may need surgery to remove air that was trapped around his lungs and heart.
