Animal attacks, kills North Carolina high school teacher

PANTEGO, N.C. (AP) — School officials say a 77-year-old North Carolina high school teacher has died from injuries suffered in an animal attack.

Pungo Christian Academy said in a Monday Facebook post that Brenda Hamilton died after the Friday animal attack in the small Beaufort County town of Pantego.

News outlets report authorities received a 911 call Friday around 5:45 a.m. that someone had been attacked on a road. A county sheriff's office statement says Hamilton was found suffering from severe injuries resulting from the attack.

Investigators are trying to determine what kind of animal was involved in the attack.