Video shows US firefighters were warned about girl air crash victim

Firefighters responding to an Asiana Airlines plane crash in San Francisco last July were warned about the presence of a teenage passenger who was later fatally struck by an emergency vehicle, new video footage of the aftermath shows.

Footage from the helmet of a rescuer appears to show emergency teams failing to assist Ye Mengyuan , a 16-year-old passenger from Zhejiang , who survived the initial impact of the July 6 crash only to be struck and killed by an emergency vehicle.

One video, first released by CBS News late on Tuesday, shows a firefighter pointing to Ye, who appeared motionless in a patch of dry grass with no foam nearby. Another video shows a firefighter flagging down a fire truck headed towards the plane.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Stop, stop, stop!" the firefighter shouted before the driver stopped and opened his door to talk. "There's a body right there, right in front of you," the firefighter said.

Then a group of rescuers are seen running past the girl without stopping to check her vital signs. About 15 minutes later, Ye was run over, CBS reported.

Firefighters told crash investigators that they assumed the girl was dead and hurried on towards the damaged aircraft, according to documents released last month by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

The footage has reignited controversy over Ye's death. A California prosecutor said it was accidental and that the girl's body was hidden by foam on the runway when she was struck. Three people died and more than 180 were injured.