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Child falls from 3rd floor of Florida resort balcony

Police said a person found the child on the ground while walking to the gym.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — A child has died from a fall at a Panama City Beach resort over the weekend.

Panama City Beach police officers responded to a report of a child falling from a balcony at around 7 a.m. at Laketown Wharf Resort on S. Thomas Drive.

The police department said that a 4-year-old child fell from a third-floor balcony hours before at around 4:30 a.m., WJHG-TV reports. The outlet says a person headed to the gym nearby found the child on the ground. 

The police department said the child did not survive the fall. The 4-year-old was with their family visiting from Georgia, according to WPLG-TV.

The child has not been identified.

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