Thursday, May 21, 2009
Truck Driver Killed In Letcher County Identified
Federal mine inspectors are investigating the death of a truck driver who was killed Thursday (today) when, around 8:00 A.M., his truck ran over an embankment at a coal mine near Jenkins of Letcher County and overturned. The driver has been identified as 32 year old Jeremy L. Steward of Jenkins. The accident occurred at a mine operated by J &A Mining Inc. near Mayking. This is the second coal fatality of the year in Kentucky and the sixth in the U.S. All have occurred at surface mines.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:39 PM 
