11-year-old student dies after collapsing in gym

? An 11-year-old Atchison middle school student has died after collapsing during physical education class.

Atchison schools Superintendent Steve Wiseman said the fifth-grade girl at Atchison County Community Middle School collapsed Thursday while jogging warm-up laps and was pronounced dead at Atchison Hospital an hour later.

Wiseman said the school had an emergency medical technician on scene immediately and used a defibrillator.

The girl’s name hasn’t been released, Wiseman said Friday.

An autopsy was scheduled for Friday to determine the cause of death.