A Kentucky legislator who is also a high school teacher was critically injured Tuesday trying to break up a fight between two students.
State Rep. Dewayne Bunch, 49, was punched in the head and fell to the cafeteria floor, hitting his head on the tile, Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell said.
"He ran over there very quickly and ran right into the punch," Harrell said. "... When his head hit the floor, he sustained more injury."
Bunch was in "extremely critical" condition at a local hospital before being taken to the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. A spokeswoman there said Bunch's family had requested no information be released about his condition.
The two boys involved in the fight, ages 15 and 16, were charged with one count of first-degree assault and two counts of third-degree assault, and have been taken to a juvenile detention center, the sheriff said.
A surveillance camera caught most of the fight and showed Bunch being hit by the 16-year-old, the sheriff said. It wasn't clear what sparked the fight, which began as breakfast was being served to dozens of students at the school in Williamsburg.
The boys kept fighting after Bunch was knocked out, the sheriff said. Two other teachers were also struck, but were