LOS ANGELES, California: A fire truck which killed a Chinese student as it raced to the scene of the Asiana plane crash was driven by a sole emergency worker arriving late in a reserve vehicle, a report said on Friday.

Ye Mengyuan, 16, had been rescued from the Asiana plane and placed near one wing, when she was run over by the emergency fire truck, which lacked infrared equipment which could have spotted her, said ABC7 television news.

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