KQED’s Chase Thomas reports that a third victim of the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash last Saturday has died at from San Francisco General Hospital. The only information the family of the victim authorized the hospital to release was that this was a pediatric patient.
San Francisco police reported earlier today that that one of two 16-year-old girls killed in the crash was struck by an emergency vehicle responding to the runway.
The girl, identified as Chinese student Ye Meng Yuan, was struck by a fire truck, San Francisco police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said.
Esparza said police have evidence that the area near where the Boeing 777 plane came to rest was covered in suppressant foam used after a fire broke out. The girl was underneath the foam and tire marks indicate the truck drove over where she was situated.
"Without a doubt a fire truck went over the victim," Esparza said.