A driver has been hoisted to safety after dangling for hours off a bridge in West Virginia, where early winter storms have brought rain and snow. The tractor-trailor had earlier lost control on the icy bridge road, causing the cab of the truck to veer off the bridge. Local fire and rescue teams set up […]
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Search for West Virginia miner trapped by floodwater extends into fourth day | West Virginia
Emergency responders have been trying to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coalmine since Saturday, according to authorities. A mining crew hit an unknown pocket of water on Saturday about three-quarters of a mile into the Rolling Thunder mine near Drennen, about 50 miles (80km) east of the state capital of […]