Mine Fatality
OAK GROVE, Ala.—A coal miner named Jose Antonio M. Lara died early Wednesday morning following a rock collapse inside the Oak Grove mine, a facility in Jefferson County, just southwest of Birmingham.
Lara’s injuries occurred at about 12:08 a.m., according to the Jefferson County Coroner’s office. He was pronounced dead at Oak Grove mine at 12:57 a.m.
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