Mine collapse in Zonguldak kills 1, injures 2

2015-03-10 12:45:44

ZONGULDAK (DİHA) - A coal mine collapse in Zonguldak has killed one miner and left two injured. 

The accident took place 550 meters below ground level in a mine in Zonguldak’s Ereğli district, operated by the state Turkish Coal Institute’s (TKK) Armutçuk branch, after piles of coal collapsed during mining activities at about 4:00 a.m. on March 10. Nevzat Candan, 38, Yaşar Özdemir, 45, and Hüseyin Demirdöver, 35, were trapped in the wreckage of the collapse. 

Following a rescue effort with the help of other colleagues, Özdemir and Demirdöver were pulled from the wreckage and taken to a nearby hospital. They remain in stable condition. However, Candan was killed and his body was discovered about two hours after the land slide.

(nt)