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.

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,

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — An accident in a coal mine in northeastern Slovenia killed at least one miner and left two others missing, officials said Tuesday. Water suddenly rushed into the mine in the town of Velenje on Monday evening, officials and media said. Most miners managed to escape, but three remained trapped, the STA news agency reported.

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.