Poland tragedy: One dead another missing after earth tremor in Rydultowy coal mine
One miner has died and one is still trapped underground after a pit in southern Poland was struck by an earth tremor, mine owner PGG says.
Representatives of the mine said earlier that one of the miners was being brought to the surface without giving any details on his condition.
PGG CEO Leszek Pietraszek said during a televised news conference on Thursday afternoon that 76 miners had been brought to the surface earlier and 17 had been taken to nearby hospitals with one seriously hurt.
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PGG spokeswoman Aleksandra Wysocka-Siembiga earlier said the tremor occurred at 7am on Thursday about 1200 metres below ground at the Rydultowy mine.
