CHARLESTON, WV : 2 killed in separate accidents at West Virginia coal mines on Wednesday, 11th August 2021

Two employees have died in separate accidents at coal mines in West Virginia this month, Gov. Jim Justice said Wednesday.

Timothy Keith Collins, 53, of Mill Creek, died in an accident Wednesday in Randolph County.

He was an independent coal truck driver, Justice said at a news conference.

According to an incident report, the accident was reported shortly after 5 a.m. at Carter-Roag Coal’s Morgan Camp Mine. Collins had pulled his loaded coal truck off to the side of a haul road located between the mines and a cleaning plant.

Collins was walking around the side when a truck ran over him.

On Aug, Jeffrey Allen Hudnall, 60, died in an accident at Marfork Coal in the Raleigh County community of Packsville, Justice said.

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