MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Low oxygen levels apparently caused the death of a coal miner at a west Alabama mine where several others were overcome during a rescue attempt and had to be hospitalized, federal mine safety officials said Tuesday.
The victim and a second miner encountered an area with apparently low oxygen levels during a weekly inspection about 2 a.m. Tuesday at the Jim Walter No. 7 mine near Brookwood, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said.
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