DERA MURAD JAMALI: A miner was killed and another was injured after a landslide in a coal mine in the Margat area of Mach on Monday.

Mine inspector Jumma Khan said the incident took place inside a private mine.

“The landslide hit two coal miners who were working inside the mine,” he said, adding that one of the miners was killed.

The injured miner was shifted to the district hospital in Mach. Subsequently the mine was closed temporarily for investigation.

The coal miner who died during the incident was identified as Mohammad Hussain. His body was handed over to the family after medico-legal procedures were completed.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2019

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