A girl died on Monday after reportedly falling from a cruise ship balcony of a Carnival Cruise ship in California.
Carnival Cruise Line said in a press release to NBC News that the unidentified woman fell from the balcony of her stateroom and landed on a deck below on board the Carnival Firenze.
Global News has reached out to Carnival Cruise Lines for comment but has not received a response.
The lady was travelling along with her family, who alerted the ship’s crew, based on the statement provided to NBC News.
“Carnival’s Care Team is supporting the guest’s family, and our thoughts and prayers are with them and their family members,” spokesperson Julie Leonardi said in that report.
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“All appropriate authorities have been alerted,” the reported statement said. “As is customary, law enforcement will board the ship today on Catalina Island to conduct the required investigation.”
The Carnival Firenze sails to the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada/Latest England, Caribbean, Mexico and South America. It might probably hold as much as 4,162 guests and 1,425 crew members, based on the web site.
The Carnival Cruise Line has recently made headlines for the death of Anna Kepner, 18, who died aboard a Carnival cruise ship last 12 months.
Kepner’s 16-year-old stepbrother pleaded not guilty and waived his appearance at a hearing in Miami federal court last week on charges of murder and aggravated sexual abuse in her death.
Timothy Hudson was indicted as an adult by a federal grand jury on April 13 within the death of Kepner, whose body was found under a bed in a Carnival Horizon room that she was sharing with him and one other teen during a family trip in November 2025.
Based on court records, Hudson was travelling aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s Horizon with Kepner and other relations on or about Nov. 6 to 7, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida said in a press release.
“During that point, while the ship was in international waters en path to Miami, T.H. allegedly sexually assaulted and intentionally killed Kepner. The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office later determined the explanation for death to be mechanical asphyxiation.”
Mechanical asphyxia is when an object or physical force stops someone from respiratory.
“Our hearts exit to the victim’s family during this unimaginable loss,” said U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida. “A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging serious offenses that allegedly occurred aboard a vessel in international waters. We’ll present the evidence in court and pursue this case with professionalism and care. As in every case, the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond an affordable doubt.”
Kepner’s stepbrother was initially charged as a juvenile on Feb. 2. The case remained sealed until U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom ordered it transferred for adult prosecution.
Hudson faces a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted, based on the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
— With files from The Associated Press
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