Worker killed in Kentucky mine accident

6:07 PM, May 15, 2012   |    comments
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Verona, KY (WCPO/CNN) - A worker at a limestone mine in northern Kentucky died in an underground truck accident.

It happened Tuesday afternoon, about 800 to 900 feet below the Earth's surface.

Officials say the 37-year-old woman was killed when she lost control of the truck she was driving.

It overturned, landing on top of her.

Rescue workers pronounced her dead at the scene.

A worker at the same mine was also killed in an accident back in 1999.

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