Medevac plane crash victim ID’d as young girl headed home to Mexico after ‘life-saving treatment’ in US

The young patient who was on board the small medevac jet that crashed in a Philadelphia neighborhood Friday evening was heading home to Mexico after receiving “life-saving treatment” in the US, an official said.

The girl was one of six — four passengers and two crew members — onboard the Learjet 55 that plummeted out of the sky shortly after 6 p.m., less than a minute after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport en route to Missouri’s Springfield-Branson National Airport.


A young girl from Mexico is confirmed as one of the six passengers of the medevac jet that crashed in a Philadelphia neighborhood. AP

Onlookers take in the fiery scene near the Roosevelt Mall. AP

The child was heading back to Tijuana with her mother, a doctor, paramedic, pilot and copilot, Shai Gold, spokesman for Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, told NBC 10 Philadelphia.

“All I can say is the patient was sponsored by a third-partner charity to undergo life-saving treatment in the US,” Gold said, adding, “She did her course of care. She was going home.

“She fought quite a lot to survive, and unfortunately this tragedy on the way home.”

No victims have been identified, and the cause of the crash is not yet known.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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