(Feb. 4, 2009) -- LB Firefighters swiftly performed a significant extrication at the Port of Long Beach on Tuesday night (Feb. 3).

LBFD Public Information Officer Capt. Jackawa Jackson says that at about 7:22 p.m., LBFD responded to Pier J Berth 243 where a container had fallen from the top of stack onto the cab of a truck, pinning a 42 year old driver.

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Fire crews applied their skills and in roughly fifteen minutes managed to remove the patient from the wreckage.

Photo source: LBFD

The driver was transported to a local trauma center in stable condition.

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No other injuries were reported.

PIO Jackson indicates that it's believed the container was knocked free from a container stack by a moving crane.