Two teenagers inhaled fumes from a can of dust cleaner spray then got into a car, which crashed into a house, Va. Beach Police say.

It happened around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 900 block of Sedley Road in Chimney Hill.

Police say the 17-year-old driver of a 1993 Nissan hit a parked car, went over the curb and through several lawns, then crossed the street and slammed into the house before coming to rest in the yard.

The driver's hospitalized with a lacerated spleen and liver; the 15-year-old passenger's head hit the windshield. He's being treated for internal injuries and a closed head injury.

The teens' names haven't been released.

Police say the driver faces charges of reckless driving and no seatbelt; the passenger will be issued a summons for not wearing a seatbelt, they added.

Huffing is defined as the purposeful inhalation of chemical vapors to achieve an altered mental or physical state.

VIRGINIA LAW ON INHALANT ABUSE:

Excerpts from Virginia Laws on Inhalant Abuse

CODE OF VIRGINIA

§18.2-264. Inhaling drugs or other noxious chemical substances or causing, etc., others to do so.

A. It shall be unlawful, except under the direction of a practitioner as defined in § 54.1-3401, for any person deliberately to smell or inhale any drugs or any other noxious chemical substances including but not limited to fingernail polish or model airplane glue, containing any ketones, aldehydes, organic acetates, ether, chlorinated hydrocarbons or vapors, with the intent to become intoxicated, inebriated, excited, stupefied or to dull the brain or nervous system.

Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than one duly licensed, deliberately to cause, invite or induce any person to smell or inhale any drugs or any other noxious substances or chemicals containing any ketone, aldehydes, organic acetates, ether, chlorinated hydrocarbons or vapors with the intent to intoxicate, inebriate, excite, stupefy or to dull the brain or nervous system of such person.

Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, § 18.1-70.1; 1968, c. 391; 1969, Ex. Sess., c. 19; 1973, c. 27; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1993, c. 416.)

A misdemeanor is a lesser crime punishable by local jail time of not more than a year and/or a fine.

Class 1 misdemeanor Confinement in jail for not more than twelve months and a fine of not more than $2,500; either or both.

Class 2 misdemeanor Confinement in jail for not more than six months and a fine of not more than $1,000; either or both.