8-year-old boy dies after a rotten tree falls on him in Burke County, North Carolina.

8-year-old boy dies after rotten tree falls on him in Burke County, North Carolina. The incident happened on Sugar Loaf Road, where the child was playing with his brother in the woods when the tree, determined to be rotten and unsawed, fell on him. First responders found the child and attempted to resuscitate him before transporting him to the hospital, where he later died. No foul play is suspected.