Man Falls 50 Feet to Death on Ship at Port of Los Angeles

Shipping containers are unloaded from ships at a container terminal at the Port of Long Beach-Port of Los Angeles complex in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 7, 2021. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

SAN PEDRO, Calif.—A man fell nearly 50 feet to his death Jan. 25 on the deck of a cargo ship at the Port of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Fire Department crews responded at 4:45 p.m. to the port and found that a man had fallen about 50 feet from the “superstructure” of the cargo ship, according to the agency.