Police are investigating the death of a child who fell on a Carnival cruise ship Saturday shortly after it arrived in Miami.
About 8:15 a.m. Saturday, an 8-year-old girl on board the Carnival Glory fell from a deck in the ship’s interior atrium to the lower deck, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department.
The ship was docked at PortMiami at the time, police said, and had just returned from a seven-night cruise to the Western Caribbean.
“The ship’s medical team responded immediately and the child was transported to the ship’s medical center,” Carnival Cruise Lines spokesman Jayme Eglin said in an email. Those on board also alerted Miami-Dade police, she said.
The girl was taken to JMH Ryder Trauma Center, less than 5 miles from the port, where she died, police said.
Carnival representatives and police declined Sunday to answer further questions, including whether there was any reason to suspect foul play or where the fall occurred.