TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A teacher at an Ohio high school was seriously injured when a student assaulted her in a classroom after allegedly ingesting an unknown substance, according to the Colerain Police Department.
Police responded to Colerain High School at around 2:18 p.m. on Jan. 4 after the 16-year-old boy attacked the teacher.
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A woman is heard on police bodycam footage saying the 60-year-old teacher was conscious but felt faint. The teacher was taken to a nearby medical center for treatment.
“I thought I was dreaming,” the student tells officials in the video.
The student was questioned about allegedly hitting his own head and “trying to wake up.” He then says he heard echoes and that they were delayed.
The boy then admits that he began punching the teacher in the head as she told him to stop.
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According to NBC affiliate WLWT in Cincinnati, the teen told police he recalled the teacher telling him she was going to call the police before he began punching her. The teen also reportedly grabbed another student by the neck and pinched.