Tommie-Lee Gracie Billington suffered a suspected cardiac arrest
A heartbroken family have told how a schoolboy died after taking part in an alleged social media craze.
Speaking for the first time since Tommie-Lee's death, Tina said: "He died instantly after a sleepover at a friend's house. The boys had tried the TikTok craze 'chroming'. Tommie-Lee went into cardiac arrest immediately and died right there and then. The hospital did everything to try and bring him back but nothing worked. He was gone."
Tommie-Lee died on March 2 after he was found unresponsive at a friend's house in Lancaster, Lancashire. He suffered a suspected cardiac arrest at around 12.30pm and was taken to hospital but paramedics were unable to save him. Lancashire Police said his death is currently being treated as "unexplained".
Tommie-Lee lived with mum Sherri in Lancaster while dad Graham's side of the family live in nearby Clayton-le-Woods and the South Ribble area of Lancashire. Tina said both families want to raise awareness of the dangers of TikTok for youngsters, and they are calling on the social media giant to do more to safeguard children.
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