Worker dies in northeast Australian mine collapse

Authorities have found the body of a missing worker after a coal mine collapsed in the northeast Australian state of Queensland on Friday afternoon.
An emergency search and rescue operation was launched for a missing man after the collapse at the underground mine at the Curragh complex, more than 600 km northwest of Brisbane in central Queensland, around 3:00 p.m. local time on Friday.
Tony Perrett, the state government’s acting minister for mines, confirmed that emergency responders located the deceased worker on Saturday night.
He told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that specialist teams had worked through the night to stabilize the site and access the missing man.
“Tragically, that worker could not be saved,” he said.
A second worker who was safely recovered on Friday was taken to hospital as a precaution.