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The body of the second miner who went missing during an accident at the Radianska coalmine in Makiyivka (Donetsk region) has been found, reads a posting on the Web site of the Emergencies Ministry of Ukraine.

According to the ministry, the body of the miner was found and brought to the surface at 8:20 a.m. on August 15.

As reported, on August 14 at 2:35 p.m. an elevator with five miners in it
fell in a mine water sump in the Radianska coalmine. Three workers
managed to get out of the elevator by themselves, while two more miners
went missing.

At 11:45 p.m. on the same day, the body of one of the missing miners was found and brought to the surface.