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A worker was taken to hospital after being injured inside the downtown LRT tunnel on Saturday afternoon.

According to initial reports, the worker was struck by a hose supplying concrete, a statement from the Rideau Transit Group said.

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Firefighters had received a call at 4:42 p.m. for a worker described as being “severely injured” in the tunnel, and responded to the shaft entrance at Queen and Kent streets.

The fire department dispatched a technical rescue team to make sure there were enough resources at the site because it was at the tunnel. The worker walked out of the tunnel on his own and was taken to hospital to be assessed, the RTG said.

No details of the worker’s injuries were released, but the RTG said emergency services remained on scene to investigate and that the Ministry of Labour had been notified. Work continued as scheduled, it said.

It was the second LRT worker injury over the past seven days in that stretch of tunnel.