[A school laboratory. Photo/the-star]

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A student is said to have lost his life after drinking ethanol at an Eldoret school.

Four other learners who also drank the chemical during a chemistry lesson were taken to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.

“Some of the students decided to drink the chemical without the knowledge of teachers leading to this unfortunate loss of life,” said a teacher who did not want to be revealed.

According to the schools’ principal Nareo Kiptingei, the learners accidentally drank the ethanol, Wednesday.

Senior education officials and police who visited the school to launch investigations confirmed the students were in critical condition.