article_snippet: A young woman died instantly after falling from a hotel balcony while on spring break at South Padre Island .
article_snippet: Nereida Cruz, 21, had only been able to legally drink for 12 days before the incident on the seventh floor of the Padre South Hotel near the southern tip of Texas.
article_snippet: Nereida Cruz, 21, was killed instantly after falling from a seventh story balcony at a South Padre Island hotel.
article_snippet: The young woman and five friends were at a South Padre Island hotel for The young woman and five friends holiday.
article_snippet: Nereida Cruz was from Los Fresnos, only about 20 miles west of Nereida Cruz vacation spot.
article_snippet: Other guests at a South Padre Island hotel described the 'heartbreaking' scene when the young woman's family were crying in the hotel lobby after Nereida Cruz's death.
highlights_snippet: Nereida Cruz, 21, of Los Fresnos, Texas, died instantly after fall .
  
highlights_snippet: Authorities believe Nereida Cruz, 21, of Los Fresnos, Texas adjusted Nereida Cruz, 21, of Los Fresnos, Texas on ledge before slipping .
  