Longshoreman Crushed To Death By Fallen Container At Port Of Long Beach
LONG BEACH (CBS) — A longshoreman was killed Thursday when he was pinned beneath a fallen container on a ship at the Port of Long Beach.
Around 7 p.m. the Long Beach Fire Department received a report of a person possibly trapped beneath a container on board a ship.
A crane operator reportedly dropped the container on his boss, 47-year-old Steven Nicholas Saggiani, by accident.
Harbor Patrol was at the scene and an investigation was underway.
