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Third person dies in Asiana air crash: San Francisco hospital

An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 plane is seen after it crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport in California, in this file aerial view taken on July 6, 2013. -- FILE PHOTO: REUTERS
An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 plane is seen after it crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport in California, in this file aerial view taken on July 6, 2013. -- FILE PHOTO: REUTERS
Burned seats are visible in the wrecked fuselage of Asiana Airlines flght 214 as it sits in a storage area at San Francisco International Airport on July 12, 2013 in San Francisco, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
San Francisco General Hospital chief of neurology Geoffrey Manley (left) speaks to reporters at a news conference at San Francisco General Hospital on July 12, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Hospital officials announced a third victim from the crash of Asiana Airlines flight 214 died early Friday at San Francisco General Hospital. -- PHOTO: AFP
San Francisco General Hospital chief of surgery Dr. Margaret Knudson (right) announces the death of a third victim from the crash of Asiana Airlines flight 214 at San Francisco General Hospital on July 12, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Hospital officials announced a third victim from the crash of Asiana Airlines flight 214 died early Friday at San Francisco General Hospital. -- PHOTO: AFP
The wreckage of Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, seen at San Francisco International Airport, in San Francisco, Friday, July 12, 2013. The third girl who died in the aftermath of the crash is a Chinese national, a spokesman for the Chinese consulate in San Francisco said on Friday. -- FILE PHOTO: AP

SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) - A Chinese girl died in hospital on Friday, becoming the third fatality in the crash of an Asiana Airlines jet at San Francisco airport last Saturday, doctors and Chinese officials said.

The child, who died on Friday morning, had been in critical condition, according to a statement from two doctors at San Francisco General Hospital. The girl was a Chinese national, according to the Chinese consulate in San Francisco.

The crash landing of the Boeing 777 also killed two Chinese teenage girls and injured more than 180 other people. The two victims who died on Saturday were visiting the United States (US) to attend summer camp with a group of schoolmates.

Both fell out of the plane during the crash and one was run over by a fire truck rushing to the scene, the San Francisco Police Department said on Friday, although it was unclear whether she was still alive at the time.

The coroner in San Mateo County, where the airport is located, has said he will release the girls' autopsies results in about two weeks.

The bulk of injured passengers were taken to San Francisco General Hospital and to Stanford Hospital & Clinics.

San Francisco General, which originally received 67 patients, still has six, including two in critical condition.

Their injuries include spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, abdominal injuries, internal bleeding, road rash and fractures, the hospital said.

Stanford still has one patient, who is in serious condition, according to a spokesman. It treated 55 patients from the crash.

A handful of patients remain at other area hospitals, including one at St Francis and one at St Mary's.

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