Miner confirmed dead in Victoria mine collapse

Victoria Police have confirmed a 37-year-old miner trapped below ground in a Ballarat mine has died. The miner spent 15 hours pinned by rocks trapped underground after the mine collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. It is now understood that 30 people were involved in the mine collapse. 28 of them were able to move safely to a pod and wait for their rescue. A 21-year-old Ballarat man sustained serious life-threatening injuries to his lower body. The man was worked on by paramedics before being flown to hospital.