San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr confirmed Friday that a 16-year-old girl who died in the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was run over by a fire truck, but says it is still unclear whether she was alive at the time.
Ye Meng Yuan was flying from China to visit Stanford University and then attend a three-week summer camp at a Christian school in Southern California. Her body was found amid foam that firefighters were spraying on the Boeing 777 after it crashed Saturday at San Francisco International Airport, Suhr said.
Speaking to The Chronicle’s Phil Matier on KPIX-TV’s morning news show, Suhr said a video indicated that Ye was run over by an emergency vehicle rushing to the scene.
“We know for sure she was at least run over one time, but at the time she was under foam, so nobody could have seen her,” Suhr said. “And the question is whether or not she was still alive at the time. So the coroner in San Mateo County will be determining that.”
The police hit-and-run detail has been investigating the girl’s death. On Wednesday, Mayor Ed Lee said he was “very concerned” about the possibility she was killed by a fire truck.
“I hope and wish it did not happen, but in those chaotic times, I knew that everybody was trying to save lives and prevent injuries from occurring,” Lee said.
If Ye was killed by a fire truck, Lee said, “I’d be the first to say that we’d be very sorry.”
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