a teenage boy died after falling from an eighthfloor balcony of a royal caribbean cruise ship docked in haiti last week the 16yearold was trying to enter his room on royal caribbeans harmony of the seas cruise ship through a nearby balcony last friday when he slipped and fell to his death according to witnesses royal caribbean did not offer details about the death but its corporate communications manager owen torres confirmed that thered been a tragedy on board the harmony of the seas is docked in marseille harbor southern france tuesday sepr 13 2016 ap we are saddened by the loss of one of our guests in a tragic accident torres said in a statement more 475 passengers sickened by norovirus on royal caribbean cruise ship the broward medical examiners office identified the victim as laurent mercer of the wallis and futuna islands a french island collectivity in the south pacific mercer was in the middle of a sevenday caribbean trip with his family when the accident occurred according to the sun sentinel in this may 17 2016 file photo the worlds largest passenger ship ms harmony of the seas owned by royal caribbean makes her way up southampton water into south show more ap the ships medical team responded to the pier and attempted cpr but the boy had sustained major head trauma and he was pronounced dead at 1142 am the broward medical examiners office said according to the sun sentinel more search on for 20yearold cruise ship crewman who went overboard near puerto rico the ship departed from port everglades in fort lauderdale florida and was docked in labadee haiti where royal caribbean owns a private resort the accident comes just weeks after a harmony of the seas crew member died after going overboard in the atlantic ocean while traveling from fort lauderdale to st maarten on christmas day