QUETTA: A coal miner was killed when a landslide struck a coal mine in the Shahrug coalfield area of Harnai district on Sunday.
Levies officials said a miner was trapped after a big portion of the coal mine caved in as the workers were busy digging deep inside the mine.
Local coal miners and rescue team members rushed to the area and took out the injured miner from the mine and shifted him to a hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.
The victim was identified as Afzal Khan and he hailed from district Swat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
