Injury Update: Lions-Saints Sideline Official Stretchered Off After Collision

NEW ORLEANS — An incident during the New Orleans Saints-Detroit Lions game at the Caesars Superdome left a member of the chain crew injured and taken away on a stretcher after colliding with running back Alvin Kamara in the second quarter.

The sideline official was positioned near the first-down marker at the Saints 20-yard line when the injury occurred. Kamara stumbled into the official’s legs as he was pushed out of bounds at the end of a run.

The official, whose shoe came off in the collision, fell to the ground and clutched his injured leg. Medical staff attended to him on the turf for several minutes.

“A member of the chain crew was injured and will not return,” the NFL said in a statement. “The chain crew will operate with one fewer member for the remainder of the game”

Play was paused as the medical staff put an air cast on the injured leg and loaded the official onto a stretcher. A cart took him away and drove off to applause from the crowd.