“It was just awful,” Katie Hughes, a parent who attended the trip, said of the tragedy
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- A 6-year-old girl in Georgia died after being found “unresponsive” while on a school field trip to a farm on Oct. 8
- Police responded to a report of “a juvenile who was not breathing,” and medical personnel began “lifesaving measures,” but the girl later died in the hospital
- “This is a difficult time for all of us,” the principal of the girl’s elementary school said in a letter to the community
A Georgia community is mourning the loss of a young student.
A 6-year-old girl, who attended McGarity Elementary School in Hiram, died after being found “unresponsive” while on a field trip to Carlton Farms in Rockmart on Wednesday, Oct. 8, according to the Paulding County School District, per CBS Atlanta, WKRC and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The school district confirmed the death of the student to PEOPLE…