One of two miners trapped in a mine in North Yorkshire this afternoon, has died.
The man died after being trapped by a fallen roof in the Kellingley Colliery, North Yorkshire.
A second miner who was trapped by his leg was brought out alive.
Emergency services were called to the colliery at around 5pm after a collapse in the 800 metre deep pit.
Police said the man who died was in his 40s and from North Yorkshire.
The injured man, also in his 40s and from West Yorkshire, was taken to Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, with minor injuries.
The colliery, which is operated by UK Coal, is the largest remaining deep mine in Yorkshire.
Its two main shafts are almost 800 metres deep. Only one of the shafts is used by miners, the other is used to transport coal.
It supplies local power stations and produces some household coal.
UK Coal evacuated 218 workers from the mine last year after methane gas seeped into the area and ignited.
Today's incident follows the tragedy in south Wales earlier this month when four men died following the flooding of the Gleision Colliery in Cilybebyll, Pontardawe.
