A toddler has died after falling 50 feet from a luxury suite at a Los Angeles Lakers game in the Staples Center arena.

Two-year-old Lucas Anthony Tang fell from the third level top tier moments after his parents took photographs of him on a digital camera.

The family had been watching the Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 117-89 last night.

Witnesses said they had seen the child, named by the Los Angeles Times, crawling round the room during the game.



Tragic: A security guard looks down from where a toddler fell 50ft to his death during an LA Lakers game at the Staples Center

The tragedy occurred at the Staples Center in Los Angeles last night (file photo)

At some point he plunged from the window to the concrete floor below.

The skybox has a glass safety barrier that varies in height but is at least several feet high, police Officer Julie Sohn said.



'Somehow the child went over the edge of the section and fell to the seating below,' Sohn said.



His family, including his 11-year-old sister, do not appear to have realised immediately and started a frantic search when they discovered he was gone.

By that stage he was lying on the ground 50ft below. Witnesses said the boy was moving his arms, legs and head before paramedics took him out of the arena on a stretcher.

Police Sergeant Frank Alvelais said the boy was taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, where he later died.

Audience: Kim Kardashian was among the crowd at the match during which the Lakers beat Golden State Warriors 117-89

The case is being investigated by LAPD's abused child unit.

Lucas would have been three in January. Officials are investigating how he got over the front of the luxury box.

'The Lakers organization would like to express our shock and sadness at the death of Lucas Anthony Tang,' the team said in a statement.



'To go from a moment of happiness and enjoyment, to the loss of this boy's life, is tragic and heartbreaking.



'We would like to ask Lakers fans to join us in keeping Lucas and his family in our thoughts and prayers.'

'Our condolences and prayers go to the Tang family,' said Michael Roth, a spokesman for AEG, the company that manages Staples Center.



'We are working with the Los Angeles Police Department on the investigation of this tragedy.'

