MUNCHING on ‘drug infused’ muffins during lunch break had near fatal consequences for three 16-year-old pupils, who were rushed to hospital on Thursday shortly after collapsing during class at Old Mill High School in Empangeni.

Visibly ‘high’ and in a drunken state, the grade 10 trio was carried into the administration block by other peers after unknowingly eating the ‘space muffins’ as more commonly known.

The girls had reportedly been given the treats by another grade 10 boy during the morning school break. He was taken in for questioning by the police but subsequently released after admitting to taking the muffins from an unknown person outside the school gates.

Update to follow