Thursday, June 24, 2010
Mine Fatality In Perry County
KENTUCKY....
Another eastern Kentucky miner has died. A mining fatality occurred Thursday at James River Coal's Leeco 68 mine at Jeff in Perry County. Officials say 29 year old Bobby L. Smith of Vicco was taken to Appalachian Regional Hospital in Hazard, where he was pronounced dead. Smith was crushed between the wall of the mine and the machine he was operating. The fatality was the fifth of the year in Kentucky. Nationally, the death toll stands at 39 for the year. Smith's body was being sent to Frankfort's medical examiner's office for an autopsy.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:46 PM 
