A man has been trapped underground for more than 13 hours after a mine collapsed in Victoria.
Emergency services were called to an operational mining site on Woolshed Gully Drive in Mount Clear about 4.50pm on Wednesday after reports of a rockfall.
Two people were pinned by fallen rocks while 25 workers took refuge in a safety pod.
Rescuers are still working to free a man trapped hundreds of metres underground, while a 21-year-old Ballarat man was flown to hospital for treatment on Wednesday night.
Ambulance Victoria MICA and ALS paramedics worked with mine rescue staff to stabilise the 21-year-old before bringing him to the surface.
The incident occurred 3km underground from the mine entry with Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria, and Country Fire Authority’s Oscar 1 Mine Rescue Team responding to the call.