国际英语资讯:One Chinese victim of Asiana crash confirmed killed by vehicle_时事

国际英语资讯:One Chinese victim of Asiana crash confirmed killed by vehicle

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese teenager victim of the Asiana flight 214, which crash landed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, died of multiple injuries consistent with being run over by a fire vehicle, local officials said Friday.

San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault and San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said at a news conference that the victim, a 16-year-old Chinese girl named Ye Mengyuan, survived the Boeing 777-200's air crash but then was struck and killed by an emergency response vehicle rushing to douse the blazing jet.

"Obviously this is very difficult news for us," Hayes-White said. "We are in the business of saving lives."

Foucrault added that the finding was based upon examination of internal hemorrhaging of the girl, which ruled out chances she was already dead when hit by the truck.

Asiana flight 214, bound for the United States from the Republic of Korea (ROK), clipped the runway upon landing and burst into flames at the San Francisco airport, with parts spreading on the runway.

Aboard the plane were a total of 291 passengers, among whom 141 were Chinese. The crash caused two immediate deaths -- Ye and another Chinese middle-school student -- and left 182 passengers injured.

They were part of a group of 34 students and teachers traveling from Jiangshan city, Zhejiang Province, to attend a summer camp in the United States.

A team of federal safety investigators headed for San Francisco on July 7 to piece together what led to the accident. But no results have been announced yet.