text: S.F. plane crash: Third victim dies Chaos at scene: SFPD confirms fire truck hit earlier victim 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 The wrecked fuselage of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 sits in a storage area at San Francisco International Airport. The wrecked fuselage of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 sits in a storage area at San Francisco International Airport. Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Image 2 of 3 Dr. Margaret Knudson, San Francisco General Hospital chief of surgery, announces Friday's death. Dr. Margaret Knudson, San Francisco General Hospital chief of surgery, announces Friday's death. Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle Image 3 of 3 Dr. Geoffrey Manley, San Francisco General Hospital chief of neurosurgery, listens to the update on the third crash victim, a girl under 18. Dr. Geoffrey Manley, San Francisco General Hospital chief of neurosurgery, listens to the update on the third crash victim, a girl under 18. Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle S.F. plane crash: Third victim dies 1 / 3 Back to Gallery 
   
   A third passenger on the Asiana Airlines jet that crashed at San Francisco International Airport died Friday, the same day police confirmed that another girl killed during the disaster had been run over by a fire truck. 
   
   The latest victim, who was described only as a girl under age 18, died Friday morning at San Francisco General Hospital of injuries she suffered when the Boeing 777 crashed last Saturday, said Dr. Margaret Knudson, the hospital's chief of surgery. 
   
   The girl, whose name and age were not released, had been in critical condition since the airplane clipped a seawall, spun off the runway and burst into flames. 
   
   Hospital officials said the girl's family had requested that no further information about her be revealed. The Chinese consul in San Francisco confirmed that she was a Chinese national. 
   
   Earlier Friday, San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr confirmed that Ye Meng Yuan, 16, of China had been run over by firefighters trying to douse the flames engulfing Asiana Flight 214. However, he said, it still isn't clear whether Ye was already dead when she was hit. 
   
   Her body was found amid foam that firefighters had sprayed on the burning airplane, Suhr said. 
   
   "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." 
   
   Ye's body was found near Flight 214's left wing, not far from one of the inflatable slides that several passengers used to escape from the plane. Ye, however, was sitting in the back of the plane, near where the tail broke off on landing, and would have been able to get out that way. One of the unanswered questions about her death is how she ended up by the wing. 
   
   Spraying foam 
   
   Police investigators said Friday that an airport fire rig that ran over Ye apparently hit her after all the passengers had been evacuated. The rig was spraying foam on the fire and was repositioning to get a better angle when Ye was struck, they said. 
   
   "It wasn't going that fast," said Officer Gordon Shyy, a police spokesman. "When the firefighters repositioning the truck stopped, they realized there was a deceased person on the ground. She was lying down, covered in foam. They marked it, continued on to fighting the fire and notified the command chain there was a deceased person there." 
   
   San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault, whose office performed an autopsy, said Ye had suffered extensive crushing injuries, but does not appear to have been thrown from the airplane at the time of the crash. His investigators have not determined what killed her. 
   
   Also killed in the crash was Ye's friend Wang Lin Jia, 16. Both girls had flown to the United States from Shanghai planning to visit Stanford University and attend a three-week summer camp at a Christian school in Southern California. 
   
   Wang, who is also believed to have been sitting at the rear of the plane, was found near the seawall that Flight 214 struck at 11:27 a.m. Saturday as it attempted to land at well below its target speed. 
   
   Third fatality 
   
   The girl who died Friday was one of 31 children and 36 adults who were treated at San Francisco General. They were among 180 passengers and six flight attendants who were hurt in the crash. 
   
   Six patients remain at San Francisco General. Two adults are in critical condition with spinal cord and abdominal injuries, internal bleeding, road rash and fractures, hospital officials said. 
   
   The details emerged as National Transportation Safety Board workers began cutting up the hulk of the aircraft so they could take it to a hangar for storage. At 5:05 p.m. Friday, airport officials reopened the runway, 28L, on which Flight 214 had tried to land. ||||| The tail of Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, is seen in front of a span of the Bay Bridge on a tarmac at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Wednesday, July... (Associated Press) 
   
   Deborah Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board speaks in front of a photograph of the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, at San Francisco International... (Associated Press) 
   
   The tail of Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, is seen on a tarmac at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Investigators are struggling... (Associated Press) 
   
   Crew members from Asiana Flight 214, which crashed while landing Saturday in San Francisco, pose before members of press upon arrival at the Incheon Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, July 11,... (Associated Press) 
   
   The wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 sits on a tarmac at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Thursday, July 11, 2013. Asiana Airlines Flight 214 from Shanghai and Seoul crash-landed July... (Associated Press) 
   
   Deborah Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board speaks in front of a photograph of some seats of Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, at San Francisco International... (Associated Press) 
   
   A group of people stand in front of the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, as buses that were reported to be carrying passengers and family members are parked next... (Associated Press) 
   
   South Korean students pay a silent tribute to the two Chinese victims who died in a Asiana Airlines plane crash in San Francisco, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 11, 2013. The flight came to a tragic... (Associated Press) 
   
   Crew members from Asiana Flight 214, which crashed while landing Saturday in San Francisco arrive back at the Incheon Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, July 11, 2013. Two passengers were killed... (Associated Press) 
   
   Deborah Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board speaks in front of a photograph of Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, at San Francisco International Airport, at a... (Associated Press) 
   
   Deborah Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board speaks in front of a photograph of Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, at San Francisco International Airport, at a... (Associated Press) 
   
   This image released by the National Transportation Safety Board, on Thursday, July 11, 2013, shows the charred remains of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing... (Associated Press) 
   
   CORRECTS STYLE OF NAME SPELLING OF A FLIGHT ATTENDANT - Kim Yun-ju, a flight attendant who was working onboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214 when it crashed while landing in San Francisco cries after arriving... (Associated Press) 
   
   CORRECTS STYLE OF NAME SPELLING OF A FLIGHT ATTENDANT - Kim Yun-ju, a flight attendant onboard Asiana Airlines flight 214 when it crash-landed at San Francisco airport, cries as she is greeted by Park... (Associated Press) 
   
   The wreckage of Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, is seen on a tarmac in front of the San Francisco skyline at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Wednesday,... (Associated Press) 
   
   A group of people stand in front of the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, as one of three buses that were reported to be carrying passengers and family members are... (Associated Press)
target: – The death toll in the San Francisco plane crash has risen to three, with another passenger dying due to injuries in San Francisco General Hospital today, the AP reports. The hospital's chief of surgery says the victim was a female child, but her identity and age have been withheld at the request of her family. The girl had been in a critical condition since arriving at the hospital. Two adults injured in the crash remain in critical condition, and four others, including another minor, are also still in hospital, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.