San Francisco authorities release report claiming Asiana rescuers didn’t kill Chinese teenager
City’s report contradicts coroner findings
The city of San Francisco is contradicting a coroner’s findings that a Chinese girl survived an airliner crash in July but was run over and killed by rescuers.
The city says in a report obtained on Wednesday that 16-year-old Ye Meng Yuan died when she hit the ground after the force of the impact tossed her from the Asiana jet.
The conclusion is contained in a report the city filed with the National Transportation Safety Board. City officials say it is based on NTSB reports and interviews by federal investigators, not a medical evaluation.
The report says that neither of two NTSB reports noted dust, dirt, debris or firefighting foam in the girl’s trachea or lung tissues.
San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault says San Francisco’s conclusions are not accurate.
“We did our examination and we determined that the young lady was alive when she was struck by the fire trucks,” Foucrault said.
