MINERS KILLED IN HORROR COLLAPSE
PART of a marble mine collapsed on Thursday in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo, killing at least three people, state officials said.
Hidalgo’s government said in a statement posted on its Facebook page that the collapse occurred in a locality known as Dengantzha in the Francisco I. Madero township.
It said the state prosecutor’s office confirmed that one body had been recovered and the search continued for four miners believed to be trapped under rock.
The missing people were inside a vehicle that was travelling on one of the mine’s roads when the collapse occurred, the statement said.
Late Thursday night, Governor Omar Fayad said via Twitter that two more bodies had been found, bringing the total to three.
He said the state was offering to support the affected families.
Images from the scene appeared to show a collapsed section of an open-pit mine with rescuers and civilians climbing among car-size boulders. THE death of a 19-year-old British tourist in a quad bike accident on the Greek island of Crete last month has sparked warnings for holiday makers to seek other modes of transport or only use the bikes if they are part of a tour group.
Quad bikes are popular for visitors to hot spots like Greece, Turkey and Cape Verde, Africa, while mopeds are still the most popular mode for travellers to Thailand and Vietnam.
UK travel group ABTA said it had 36 quad bike and seven moped accidents reported to it in 2017 but said the actual number is probably much higher.