Germany: Teenage girl falls to death from hotel window

A teenage girl fell out of a hotel window in the German city of Dusseldorf, succumbing to her serious injuries, police said Sunday.

The girl was staying at the hotel with her mother. Police have initially ruled out suicide and foul play, saying the incident as a "tragic accident" that occurred on Saturday.

What do we know about the incident?

The girl fell from the sixth floor of a hotel near central Düsseldorf, the capital of the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

She was taken to the hospital, where she died on Sunday.

Police have launched an investigation into the incident, a spokeswoman told Germany's dpa news agency.

The girl's cell phone was taken by police for examination. 

The mother was not with her daughter at the time of the incident, according to dpa.