The parents of the 16-year-old girl who died after being struck by two San Francisco Fire Department rigs at the scene of the Asiana Airlines plane crash in July have filed a legal claim against the city. The claim, the likely precursor to a lawsuit, says firefighters knowingly abandoned Ye Meng Yuan "in harm's way" after the crash and that the Fire Department failed to train its employees to avoid hitting victims at disaster scenes. In documents released last month, the National Transportation Safety Board said footage from a dashboard camera showed that the rig's spotter firefighter had first directed the vehicle around the girl. A second rig later ran over the girl after she had become covered in firefighting foam, footage shot by another firefighter's helmet camera shows.
Reported by SFGate 23 hours ago.
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