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Kentucky Truck Driver Killed at Coal Mine
Posted on May 27, 2009
Jeremy L. Stewart, a 32-year-old Jenkins resident, was killed when the rock truck he was driving ran over an embankment at the site of an eastern Kentucky coal mine and overturned.
According to U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Amy Louviere, the fatal accident occurred at approximately 8:00 AM eastern standard time on Thursday, May 21, 2009 in Letcher County.
Stewart was transported to Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead. His death is the second coal fatality this year in Kentucky and the sixth in the United States. All of the deaths took place at surface mines.
Investigators from the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety are looking into the cause of the accident. Interviews were supposed to be conducted in Whitesburg on Friday to determine the circumstances surrounding the accident.
The coal mine, which is licensed to J & A Mining, Inc., was closed until further notice was given. Stewart was listed on the license as the mine foreman and mine superintendent.
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