The second student in critical condition from methanol poisoning in Pitas died of severe brain injury at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital 2 (HQE2) in Kota Kinabalu yesterday.

He was one of two 17-year-old fifth-formers at the secondary boarding school in Pitas who fell into critical condition after a group of 27 students consumed a carbonated drink mixed with methanol on June 6.

Kota Marudu District police chief Supt Zairolnizal Ishak, when contacted today, said...