Person hurt in 25-foot fall at construction site
A sign is shown near University Medical Center‘s emergency department entrance at UMC Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A person was flown to a hospital after falling 25 feet at a construction site near the intersection of Bermuda and Robindale roads Tuesday afternoon, the Clark County Fire Department said.
Further information on the person, including gender and medical condition, was not immediately available Tuesday night.
Clark County and Henderson fire departments were dispatched to the 90-minute rescue about 3 p.m. The person fell into a 25-foot-deep trench. Crews had to render the site safe before the rescue.
The person was flown to University Medical Center, the Clark County Fire Department said.
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