A 26-year-old man, Callum Knott, dies after a serious crash in Staffordshire that kills him and injures or affects his passenger(s) in the car. The reports say the collision happens at about 9pm on July 7 on the A51 after Knott loses control of his partner’s Nissan Juke. According to accounts cited by both outlets, Knott’s partner describes having a “flashback” involving him inhaling laughing gas from a balloon shortly before the impact. One report says she believes he was inhaling laughing gas for around 20 minutes before the crash. The reporting describes the car smashing into a tree, and includes references to a subsequent fireball, which emphasizes the severity of the crash. The sources also identify Knott as a dad of two and describe him as the driver. Both outlets present the laughing-gas account as coming from Knott’s partner, and neither provides independent, confirmed toxicology results within the excerpts shared. Police and investigators are not quoted in the provided text about findings or charges.