Toll rises to 7 dead and 19 hurt in Philadelphia plane crash
Along with the six Mexican nationals on board, the crash also killed at least one other person, who had been in a car on the ground
The death toll from the crash of a medical plane carrying a Mexican child home from a hospital in Philadelphia has risen to seven, officials said on Saturday, with 19 others wounded.
Officials had earlier said that all six on board – a young girl who had been in the US for medical care, her mother, and members of the flight and medical crews with her – were killed. They were all Mexican nationals.
On Saturday, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said that at least one other person, who was in a car, had also been killed, and that 19 people had been wounded.
Speaking at a press conference, Parker warned that the toll was “not etched in stone” and could yet rise.
“We have a lot of unknowns about who was where on the streets of this neighbourhood last night at the time of impact,” said the city’s managing director Adam Thiel, warning that it could be days before the full toll emerged.