A coal mine accident in Hunan Province killed at least 15 people and injured another three, local authorities confirmed Thursday.
Fifteen miners have been confirmed dead, and three others injured, following a coal mine accident on Thursday morning in central China's Hunan Province, local authorities said.
The accident happened in the wee hours of Thursday in the Nanyang township of the Leiyang city, after a tramcar carrying miners derailed in a coal mine, according to Hunan Provincial Administration of Coal Mine Safety.
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