The Associated Press has the bad weekend news from Pennsylvania:
Authorities say a coal miner was killed over the weekend in an accident at a mine in southwestern Pennsylvania.
The Greene County coroner’s office says 55-year-old John Kelly of Albright, West Virginia died shortly after 1:30 a.m. Sunday in the emergency room at Southwest Regional Medical Center.
Authorities said Kelly had been injured while working at a mine in Mount Morris.
The coroner’s office said preliminary information indicates that he was injured by “some type of air shaft/mine door coming down upon him.”
The cause and manner of death are pending a final autopsy.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting had additional details:
At approximately 12:15 AM on June 28, 2015, John William “Bill” Kelly, 55 years old, of Albright, West Virginia a long-term employee of Mepco, LLC, was fatally injured. According to a release from Mepco, Kelly died in an accident at the Company’s 4 West Mine located near Mount Morris, Pennsylvania.
This is the 8th coal-mining death in the U.S. this year.