A girl dies after falling from cruise ship's interior deck in Miami

News24xx.com - A terrible incident hit a little girl. An 8-year-old girl died Saturday, October 14 2017 after falling from one deck in a cruise ship's interior atrium to a lower deck .

Official says the girl, whose name has not been released, fell on the Carnival Glory cruise ship while it was docked at the Dante B. Fascell Port of Miami on Saturday morning.

According to the Miami-Dade Police Department said, the Miami Fire Rescue personnel responded to the scene around 8:15 a.m. ET and provided emergency care to the child.

The girl was subsequently taken to the nearby Ryder Trauma Center, where she died from her injuries.

Erika Benitez of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue told that the girl was in critical condition when she arrived at the hospital.

It's unclear what led the child to fall. Until now, homicide detectives are investigating the incident.