The body of a miner, said to be in his thirties, is currently awaiting identification at the Lyken’s Funeral home in the city after he was brought out of the interior on Saturday afternoon following an accident at a mining operation.

According to reports, the man, said to be in his thirties and of Amerindian descent, was brought out to the Ogle Aerodrome from an interior location following an accident.

The man’s relatives were expected to travel from the interior yesterday to identify his body but were unable to do so because no flight from the interior location was available yesterday.