Miner killed in Kellingley Colliery roof fall

UK Coal chief executive Gareth Williams confirmed the death of a miner at the Kellingley Colliery

A miner has been killed and another rescued after being trapped following a roof fall in a North Yorkshire pit.

Gareth Williams, the chief executive of UK Coal, confirmed the death at Kellingley Colliery. He said no names would be released at this point.
The two men became trapped up to their waist by debris at the pit near Knottingley on Tuesday afternoon.
Kellingley, which is managed by UK Coal, is one of Britain's deepest remaining mines.
The colliery employs about 600 staff and its two main shafts are 800m (2,600ft) deep.
Part of the mine where the accident happened is called 501 Tailgate and is understood to be three miles lateral distance from the entrance to the pit.
The Yorkshire Ambulance Service said: "We received a 999 call at 16:51 to a report of two men trapped underground at a colliery in Knottingley.
"We deployed a specialist hazardous area response team who are trained to work underground.

Kellingley Colliery is one of Britain's deepest remaining mines

"They went with two doctors, a rapid response vehicle, the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and an incident officer is also on the scene."
A spokesperson from North Yorkshire Police said all emergency services were at the scene, along with UK Coal.
The MP for Pontefract and Castleford, Yvette Cooper, fought back tears as she told Labour supporters at a party conference fringe event there had been a mining accident on the edge of her constituency.
The shadow home secretary apologised to the audience in Liverpool for cutting short her appearance.
She is reported to be on her way to her constituency. A decision on a planned speech due at the conference on Wednesday will be made later.
Kellingley supplies coal to local power stations and produces some coal for households.
On 30 November 2010, 200 workers were evacuated from the pit at Kellingley after a methane explosion underground.
Miner Ian Cameron died after equipment fell on him on 18 October 2009.
In September 2008, Don Cook died in a rock fall.
Earlier this month, four men were killed in a Swansea Valley colliery.