PHOENIX – Rescue crews are working to get an injured worker down from a light pole at an East Valley baseball stadium, authorities said Thursday morning.

The man suffered a head injury while replacing lights at Mesa’s Hohokam Stadium and didn’t feel like he could descend on his own, according to the Mesa Fire and Medical Department.

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He was able to communicate with rescue crews as they worked to get him down safely on the north side of the stadium, which is located on Center Street between Brown and McKellips roads.

Hohokam Stadium is the spring training home of the Athletics.

This is a developing story.

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