MADISON – The Liberty Middle School community is continuing to face a very difficult situation after a student collapsed Tuesday afternoon at school and never recovered.

WAFF reported Tuesday that a child was transported to the hospital after having a medical emergency while in class.

According to Don Webster with HEMSI, the incident happened on the football field at around 2:47 p.m. It happened during a P.E. class. Madison City Schools spokesperson John Peck said HEMSI, Madison Police and Madison Fire were quickly on campus to address the situation.

The student was transported the student to Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children.

Wednesday afternoon, Liberty Principal Shannon Brown sent an email to parents updating them on the situation.

“Morgan Williams, a 7th-grade student, experienced a medical emergency on campus and sadly passed away,” Shannon stated. “This loss has and will raise many emotions, concerns, and questions for our entire school, especially our students.

“Madison City Schools has a Crisis Intervention Team made up of professionals trained to help with the needs of students, parents, and school personnel at difficult times such as this. At LMS, we have counselors available for students who may need any type of assistance surrounding this loss. These individuals will be at LMS for the remainder of the week to assist. We encourage you, as parents, to also feel free to use our resources.

“We are saddened by this loss to our school community and will make every effort to help you and your child as needed. Please keep the Williams family in your thoughts.”

We will have more about this tragedy in Wednesday’s issue of The Madison Record.