9-year-old dies after falling about 100 feet from overlook

MONTEREY, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) - A 9-year-old boy died Thursday after falling about 100 feet from an overlook, police said.

The Monterey Police Department received a 911 call Thursday afternoon reporting that a child had fallen off the edge of Bee Rock Overlook in Tennessee.

Emergency responders reached the child and began life-saving efforts, but “after a while, it was apparent that those efforts were not going to be successful,” Monterey police spokesperson David Corely said.

The child, whose name has not been released, was visiting the area with his family.

Bee Rock Overlook brings in thousands of visitors each year, and Corely said he has never seen an incident like this.

“Although, as tragic as it was, yesterday’s event was, it is an extremely, extremely rare occurrence that something like this would happen,” Corely said.

Police are advising visitors to use caution at the overlook.

“People that are just visiting, we just tell them, ‘Be safe. Use your best judgments. Don’t do anything close to the edge of the rock. And just enjoy the beauty that Bee Rock is,’” Corely said.