Tragedy hit the Queen Mary this week as a woman was killed after falling from an upper deck railing. Reports say she was intoxicated, which likely was a factor in her decision to climb around on a railing high above the cold water of Long Beach harbor. From Yahoo!:

A woman appeared to be drunk when she climbed onto an upper-deck railing aboard the Queen Mary ocean liner and fell 75 feet to her death, authorities said Tuesday.

The 26-year-old woman, whose boyfriend jumped into the frigid water to save her, was heading from the fourth-floor deck toward an exit Monday night when she decided to climb up on the railing, Long Beach police spokeswoman Nancy Pratt said.

She was pulled from Long Beach Harbor in critical condition and died a short time later at a hospital. Her name was being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Police concluded her death was an accident.

Between the long fall, the cold water, and the alcohol, it doesn’t sound like she had much of a chance. If she fell 75 feet, she likely hit the water at around 45 miles per hour. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the family.