OFFICIALS CONFIRM TWO OHIO COUNTY MINERS HAVE DIED

OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THIS EVENING THAT TWO COAL MINERS IN OHIO COUNTY DIED AFTER A HIGH WALL COLLAPSE CAUSED A ROCK TO FALL ON THEIR TRUCK.

            AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THE TWO MEN WERE TRAPPED AT THE ARMSTRONG COAL COMPANY’S EQUALITY BOOT MINE IN THE OHIO COUNTY COMMUNITY OF CENTERTOWN AND THAT CREWS WERE WORKING TO EXTRICATE THEM THROUGH THE MORNING.

            THE IDENTITIES OF THE MEN HAVE ALSO NOT BEEN RELEASED.

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