2nd Coal Miner In West Virginia Killed In As Many Days

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia coal miner was killed Thursday, the second coal death in the state in two days, Gov. Jim Justice said.
Nicholas David Adkins, 43, of Racine, a section foreman, was fatally injured Thursday morning when he was hit by an underground shuttle car, Justice’s office said in a news release.
The accident was at Marfork Coal Co.’s Horse Creek Eagle Mine near Naoma in Raleigh County, the release said. Raleigh County is in southern West Virginia.
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