Several students at a Kentucky middle were reportedly taken to a hospital Tuesday after allegedly being involved in a "drug situation" that involved meth.

Letcher County Public Schools Superintendent Denise Yonts told WYMT that one student was taken by ambulance and several other students at Letcher Middle School were taken by school staff and parents to a Whitesburg hospital Tuesday following a "drug situation" at the school.

Yonts could not comment on the condition of the student taken by ambulance to the hospital but said the other students were medically cleared, WYMT reported.

She did not provide more details on what happened at the school.

But officials with Letcher Ambulance Service told WYMT they believe meth was involved in the drug-related situation.

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Ambulance officials told WYMT seven students were involved and that one student was taken to the emergency room of the Whitesburg hospital.

Letcher Middle School is in Blackey, about 25 miles west of the Kentucky-Virginia border.

More details on how the students allegedly used the drugs or why they required hospitalization were not available.

The Letcher County Sheriff's Office is handling an ongoing investigation.

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