A 46-year-old miner died in a mining accident at the Paskov mine in
Ostrava on Tuesday, in the north-east of the country, a spokesman for the
OKD firm said. The man died tunnelling a corridor 1,100 metres below the
surface. The authorities are now investigating the cause of the accident,
the third that has been registered this year. Last year, five miners died
in accidents in OKD-owned mines.