Teacher dies in class in front of kids

A Saudi teacher collapsed and died in the classroom in front of school children after having a heart attack while giving a lesson, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Ziad Al Jarbou just entered the classroom in the school in the Eastern port of Dammam and began writing on the board when he collapsed, 'Sada' said.

Schoolboys rushed and informed other teachers, who phoned the ambulance that rushed the unconscious teacher to the hospital.

“The teacher collapsed and died before the eyes of his school children.

"Doctors said his death was caused by a heart attack,” the paper said.

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