3 Face Charges of Negligence, 25 Detained in Turkey Mine Disaster

This story was updated most recently at 4:03 p.m. ET on May 18.

Police have arrested three people on negligence charges, and initially detained 25 people — including mining company executives — following the deadly accident that killed 301 miners in western Turkey, according to a prosecutor

The three were also accused of the crime of "causing death of more than one person," a charge that doesn't imply intent, prosecutor Bekir Sahiner said at a news conference in Soma on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. Akin Celik, operations manager of the mine owned by Soma Holding, is one of the three arrested, although he was not named Read more...