Rescuers recovered the body of a second miner on Wednesday after water and mud poured into underground tunnels at the Velenje coal mine in northeastern Slovenia, STA news agency reported. They were still searching for a third miner trapped after hundreds of tons of the slurry tumbled into the tunnels of the mine,

Rescuers digging through wet clay on Wednesday found the bodies of two miners, bringing the death toll of a coal mine accident in Slovenia to three.

(Reuters) - One miner died and rescuers were trying to reach two others trapped after water and mud poured into underground tunnels at the Velenje coal mine in northeastern Slovenia, mine officials said on Tuesday. The cause of Monday evening's accident has not been established but mining inspectors were at the site, local media reported.