Photo by John Schreiber.
Photo by John Schreiber.

A dock worker fell into the hull of a cargo ship at the Port of Los Angeles early Thursday and  was hospitalized with serious injuries, authorities said.

The worker fell 15 feet into the hold around 12:30 a.m., said Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Main. Firefighters had to perform a rope rescue to extricate the worker, she said.

The name of the cargo ship or its country of origin were not immediately reported.

—City News Service

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