A California teacher has 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,

California middle school teacher Leah Seneng, who died a month after a bat bit her inside a classroom, was remembered by friends and colleagues as "dedicated" and a "lover of life."

Leah Seneng, a Central California teacher, died from rabies after she was bitten last month by a bat that she found in her classroom.