POLK COUNTY, Ga. - The 6-year-old girl who died during a school field trip last week is being remembered Monday.

Victoria King was on a field trip to Carlton Farms in Rockmart with her classmates from McGarity Elementary School when she went missing and was discovered unresponsive in a pool.

She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police and county officials said. Her funeral was held on Monday morning.

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The school’s principal, Jamesa Hodge, said in a letter that this is a “profoundly sad time,” adding that she hopes the community will “come to

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