Miner dies after colliery roof collapse

A MINER trapped in a colliery by a fallen roof died last night.

The worker was caught in a collapse in the Kellingley Colliery, near Knottingley, West Yorkshire.

Another miner who was trapped by his leg was rescued and treated.

An emergency call was made at 4:50pm yesterday, when the two men became trapped up to their waist by debris.

The condition of the surviving miner was not clear last night.

The men were said to have been some distance from the entrance shaft.

The colliery employs about 600 staff and its two main shafts are 800 metres deep.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service said: “We deployed a specialist hazardous area response team who are trained to work underground.

“They went with two doctors, a rapid response vehicle, the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and an incident officer is also on the scene.”

A spokesperson from North Yorkshire Police said all emergency services were at the scene, along with UK Coal.

Kellingley supplies coal to local power stations and produces some for households.

Managed by UK Coal, Kellingley it is one of Britain’s deepest mines.