Overview

• A passer-by reported the Audi A1 on Wilmere Lane in Widnes at about 7.44pm on August 2 after seeing the driver with a balloon in her mouth.
• Police and paramedics found Madison Boscoe-Hough unresponsive with an empty balloon and a canister on her lap, the engine running and the car in gear.
• She failed a roadside drug screen, was arrested, taken to hospital for an elevated heart rate, then later provided a blood sample for analysis.
• At Warrington Magistrates’ Court she pleaded guilty to drug driving and received a 20‑month driving ban, a £346 fine, and £223 in costs and a surcharge.
• Tabloid coverage referenced laughing gas use, though that detail was not established in the court record cited in official reports.