Second miner found dead after Slovenia coal mine accident


(Reuters) - Rescuers recovered the body of a second miner on Wednesday after water and mud poured into underground tunnels at the Velenje coal mine in northeastern Slovenia, STA news agency reported.

They were still searching for a third miner trapped after hundreds of tons of the slurry tumbled into the tunnels of the mine, part of the state-owned Holding Slovenske Elektrarne Group, on Monday evening.

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