The teacher was reportedly trying to scoop the bat up to get it out of her classroom when it woke up and bit her.

A California teacher has reportedly died of rabies after she was bitten by a bat she found in her classroom. Fresno County has confirmed one of its residents passed away from the disease after a suspected bat bite, but declined to identify the victim.

Seneng had tried to save a bat she found lying in her classroom at Bryant Middle School in Dos Palos last month.

A Bryant Middle School art teacher in southern California died of rabies after being bitten by a bat in her classroom. Leah Seneng, who noticed the bat in mid-October, tried to remove it humanely but was bitten when the animal became active.

A California middle school teacher has reportedly died after she was bitten by a bat inside her classroom in Dos Palos

Health officials are warning Californians of the dangers associated with handling wild animals after a Central Valley art teacher was bitten by a bat inside her classroom and later died of rabies.

A California art teacher has died from rabies after she was bitten by a bat inside her school classroom. Leah Seneng, a 60-year-old teacher at Bryant Middle School in Dos Palos, Merced County, had spotted the wild bat in her classroom sometime in mid-October, her close friend Laura Splotch told ABC30.

Although extremely rare, a Central California teacher has died of rabies after a wild bat bit her in a middle school classroom. The 60-year-old Fresno woman, Leah Seneng, found what appeared to be a lifeless bat while she was teaching her Byrant Middle School students back in October.