Los Angeles Zoo worker falls into gorilla enclosure
LOS ANGELES-- A Los Angeles Zoo employee was injured Thursday after falling into the zoo's gorilla enclosure, authorities said.
Fire crews responded to the park at 5333 West Zoo Drive around 8:30 a.m., according to LAFD spokesperson Margaret Stewart, reports CBS Los Angeles.
The zoo was closed when the worker fell.
The worker was strapped to a backboard and lifted about 15 feet from a planted moat. The patient was taken to an ambulance and transported in fair condition.
While the height of the enclosure was unknown, Stewart said the rescue was considered a "long fall" of at least 20 feet or more.
The animals were secured, and the man was carried from the location after about a half hour.
He was taken to a hospital in fair condition for treatment of a possible broken leg, Stewart said.
The exhibit is home to Western Lowland Gorillas.