WASHINGTON — Police are investigating the death of a child who fell on a Carnival Cruise Line ship shortly after it arrived in Miami.

About 8:15 a.m. Saturday, an 8-year-old on the Carnival Glory fell from a deck in the interior atrium to the lower deck, the Miami-Dade Police Department said. The ship was docked and had just returned from a seven-night Caribbean cruise.

‘‘The ship’s medical team responded immediately and the child was transported to the ship’s medical center,’’ Carnival spokeswoman Jayme Eglin said in an e-mail.

The girl was taken to JMH Ryder Trauma Center, less than five miles from Port ­Miami, where she died.

Carnival representatives and police declined on Sunday to answer further questions, including whether there was any reason to suspect foul play. The investigation is ongoing, police said. At a news conference Saturday, a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman estimated the girl fell 20 feet.

Travel websites showed the Carnival Glory was scheduled to depart Saturday on another seven-night cruise to the Western Caribbean. That departure was delayed by at least two hours, according to tweets from passengers.

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