LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- An employee with The Boring Company suffered a "crushing injury" Wednesday night inside a tunnel, according to the Clark County Fire Department.

The accident was reported shortly after 10 p.m. in the 3900 block of Paradise Road.

"CCFD Crews descended to the tunnel opening and made contact with the patient, and began assessing his injuries before packaging him in a stokes basket for safe transport. A stokes basket is a sturdy wire or plastic litter designed for transporting injured people in difficult terrain or confined spaces," Deputy Fire Chief Carlito Rayos said

The injured worker was lifted out of the tunnel by an on-site crane and then transported to Sunrise Hospital.

Tunnel boring operations at this site have been temporarily halted pending an ongoing accident

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