PELL CITY, Ala. – A 13-year-old girl died at Elouise & Harold Williams Intermediate School in Pell City Thursday during a game of tug-of-war.

Pell City Police told WIAT Maddison Wentworth collapsed playing tug-of-war with other students during field day activities at her school Thursday, when some parents allege school officials restricted access to water.

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Parent Amanda Garrett said her children were required to pay for water during the festivities, and could only use the water in the building if they were already inside to use the restroom.

“She told me that they were only allowed to get water if they went to go to the restroom, otherwise they had to buy the water,” Garrett told the news site. “She said it was like a dollar or $1.50 a bottle.”

Garrett claims her daughter overheard Wentworth complaining about a headache and dizziness before she collapsed around noon.

School coaches and a nurse rushed to Wentworth immediately after she went down and other school officials called 911, but emergency responders were unable to revive the girl and she was pronounced dead at a local hospital, ABC 33 reports.

“It is with great sadness that we report the loss of one of our precious sixth grade students,” Pell City Schools Superintendent Michael Barber said in a prepared statement. “Our thoughts and prayers go to our student’s family. Counselors have been provided for students of Williams Intermediate School and counseling services will continue as long as needed.”

Students brought balloons and a sign to the school Thursday evening for their fallen friend. Garrett told ABC 33 her daughter was close friends with Wentworth and was deeply scared by the experience.

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“She’s traumatized she doesn’t want to return to school,” Garrett said.

“It was really hard. She’s 13, and the other girl, I think she was 12. And, of course her cousin, she’s 12, and they were right they and they saw it,” she told WIAT. “My daughter was on the opposite team of tug of war, and she felt so guilty, because … maybe she could have done something differently.”

Pell City Police spokesman Don Newton said investigators confirmed the school used “cooling stations” during the field day, but was not sure whether students were required to buy water.

“If they wanted to charge for Gatorade, I could understand that, but … a teacher should have been making them drink the water because adults all know how important it is to stay hydrated out in the sun,” Garrett said.