Toddler dies after 150ft fall from cruise ship

Authorities say a toddler apparently slipped from her grandfather’s hands and fell to her death from a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico.

Police said the grandfather of the one-year-old girl from Indiana told officers he lost his grip while holding her outside a window on the 11th storey of the Freedom of the Seas. He was identified as Salvatorre Anello.

The incident happened on Sunday afternoon at the Panamerican dock in the capital of San Juan. Horrified tourists reportedly heard the toddler’s mother “screaming in pain” after her daughter fell 150ft from the cruise ship.

Royal Caribbean Cruises called it a tragic incident and said they were helping the family.

Police have launched an investigation and are examining CCTV footage.