Springfield 8th grader dies while swimming on field trip in Conn.

A Springfield Middle School student died Wednesday after suffering a medical emergency in a pool during a field trip in Connecticut, officials said.

First responders were called to High Meadow Resort in North Granby around 2:30 p.m. The student, later identified by police as 14-year-old Imari Marshall Woodard, was taken to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Marshall Woodard was an eighth-grader in the Springfield Public School District and was among a group of Springfield students who visited.

Granby police are investigating the death, although Capt. Curt Laflamme said no foul play is suspected.

“We’ll see where it takes us, but at this point it seems like it’s sunk,” Laflamme told local media.

Granby police said on Facebook mail That their fellow students witnessed the incident and were “overcome with emotion.”

Officials did not say which school Marshall Woodard attended in the Springfield area, though Western Mass News reported I mentioned Springfield’s Kiley Middle School was among the schools that visited High Meadow Resort that day.

“Our thoughts are with the student’s family, friends, classmates, school staff and all those whose lives have been affected by this unimaginable tragedy,” Springfield Public Schools said in a statement. “Counselors and support staff are being made available to students and staff who may need assistance in the days and weeks ahead.”

High Meadow Resort also addressed the boy’s death, saying: “This afternoon, an 8th grade boy on a field trip suffered a medical emergency at the pool and was transported by ambulance to a local hospital. It is unfortunate that we learned that he passed away this evening. All of us at High Meadow are deeply saddened, and are praying for his family, friends and classmates.”