MINING DEATH
Miner Killed In Pike County Mine Collapse
Reported by: Jessica Reed
Web Producer: Jessica Reed
Reported: Jun. 25, 2012 10:11 PM EDT
Eyewitness News Photo
Pike
, Pike County
, Kentucky
Kentucky officials are investigating a collapse at a Pike County coal mine that killed a miner who was working underground.
The Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing says the collapse happened around 11:40 Monday at McCoy Elkhorn Coal No. 23 mine.
They say Farley Sargent, 33, was laying track underground when a portion of the wall fell into the corridor.
This is the second mining-related death in Kentucky this year.
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