1 survivor of West Virginia mine explosion that killed 25 released from hospital

1 survivor of W.Va. mine explosion out of hospital

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A miner who survived an explosion that killed at least 25 people at a West Virginia coal mine has been released from the hospital.

Cathy Boyd, a nursing supervisor at Raleigh General Hospital, said Thursday that the miner had been released but his family has asked for privacy. Earlier Thursday, Gov. Joe Manchin said the miner was in “total withdrawal” and doesn’t want to speak to anyone.

Manchin also said the other survivor taken to a hospital was in intensive care.

Four miners are still missing at the Upper Big Branch mine.

The identities of the miners taken to the hospital have not been released.