Inside the plane that crashed on Friday in Philadelphia, a child under 11 years of age who was receiving medical treatment in a hospital in that city was traveling. Five other people, including the girl's mother, also perished. This is known about the Mexican minor.
Valentina Guzmán Murillo, a 11 -year -old girl, perished on Friday night when the plane in which she was transported with her mother, Lizbeth Murillo, and a medical team, crashed on a road in Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania.
Guzmán Murillo, fought with a congenital disease called myelomeningocele or spina bifida and for months he received treatment at the Shriners hospital for children in that city, from where he left on the flight to his country of origin that fell a minute after his takeoff.
“The Shriners hospital for children is disconsolate when confirming that one of our pediatric patients and the girl's mother were aboard the Jet Rescue air ambulance that crashed into Philadelphia,” said the hospital in communication written on the day of the accident.
Shriners is a network of non -profit children's hospitals that attends orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and other conditions in children.
The bifid spine, as described, is a disease that affects the spine and can cause damage to the spinal cord and nerves. This affected Valentina's development since her birth and prevented him from walking.
A hospital spokeswoman confirmed to the news chain BBC That early that Friday, Shriners staff had fired her with a party to celebrate that she was discharged.
A family friend identified as César Esparza, told local media of Ensenada, New Mexico, that Valentina's family had decided to take her to the US in August 2024 in order to receive treatment in that hospital.
The Learjet 55 was an air ambulance that had the final destination Tijuana in Mexico, although before it had to stop in the state of Missuri. In addition to the girl and her mother, the two pilots, the doctor and the paramedic who were in the aircraft also died in the accident. They were all Mexican.
The National Board of Transportation Security of US And then he began to fall quickly. The NTSB said there were no problems with the plane and air controllers tried to contact the crew before the crash.
About 19 people were also injured on land as a result of the impact of the plane, whose effects extended at least six blocks around the accident.