Boy dies, brother fights for life after car sinks in harbor

Firefighters remove a lifeless body, believed to be child from the water after a car went off the berth and into the water at the San Pedro Slip, in San Pedro, Calif., Thursday, April 9, 2015. The two children pulled from the submerged vehicle were hospitalized in grave condition, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Daily Breeze, Steve McCrank) Firefighters remove a lifeless body, believed to be child from the water after a car went off the berth and into the water at the San Pedro Slip, in San Pedro, Calif., Thursday, April 9, 2015. The two children pulled from the submerged vehicle were hospitalized in grave condition, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Daily Breeze, Steve McCrank)

By Associated Press April 10, 2015 2 min read

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A family had just left a waterfront entertainment area when their car plunged into Los Angeles harbor, killing a 13-year-old boy and leaving his 8-year-old brother fighting for his life Friday after divers pulled them from the sunken vehicle.

The boys’ mother and father swam to the surface, but their two children weren’t breathing when they were rescued from the underwater car Thursday evening, authorities said.

The teen died at a hospital a few hours later, and the younger child was hospitalized in critical condition, Officer Norma Eisenman said.

“It is being investigated as an accident until determined otherwise,” she said.

The dark-colored Honda left a parking lot near the Ports O’ Call entertainment area of San Pedro shortly after 6 p.m. and ran off the road alongside a working dock at the Port of Los Angeles.