Toddler injured on Monarch of the Seas

A 14-month-old passenger was injured after falling down a deck on the Monarch of the Seas, according to local Florida reports.

Royal Caribbean International confirmed that a boy from India was injured in the fall and initially treated in the ship's medical facility, but required "additional and urgent medical attention that could only be provided in a hospital." After the fall, the ship turned around and returned to Port Canaveral, Fla., on the same day it left, where the child received "urgent medical care."

The Monarch was delayed but did not miss any ports on its three-night itinerary to CocoCay and Nassau, Bahamas.

Orlando's WKMG-TV reported that local police said the toddler crawled away from his father and fell from the 11th to the 10th floor, shortly after leaving Port Canaveral.

"Our Care Team is providing support and assistance to the guest's family. Our thoughts are with their family, and we will continue to do our very best to assist them," Royal Caribbean said in its statement.

This item was written by Johanna Jainchill, who covers the travel industry for Travel Weekly. Jainchill is serving as Guest Editor of The Cruise Log while USA TODAY Cruise Editor Gene Sloan is away.