Asiana passenger's cause of death to be confirmed

Police and fire officials have said that Ye Meng Yuan, 16, died after being hit by a fire truck rushing to the scene of the crash of Asiana Flight 214, but the San Mateo County Coroner's Office will announce its official findings about the cause of death on Friday. (Eugene Anthony Rah/Handout/Reuters)

Officials are set to reveal whether a Chinese student on board Asiana Flight 214 survived the plane's crash landing at the San Francisco International Airport earlier this month only to be killed accidentally on the runway by a fire truck racing to the wrecked, smoking plane.

The San Mateo County Coroner's Office will hold a news conference Friday at 10 a.m. PT to announce the cause and manner of 16-year-old Ye Meng Yuan's death.

Ye Meng Yuan and her middle school classmate, 16-year-old Wang Linjia, died in the July 6 crash . The other victim killed, 15-year-old Liu Yipeng, died at a hospital July 12. Dozens of other people were injured.

Police and fire officials confirmed last week that Ye Meng Yuan was hit by a fire truck racing to extinguish the blazing Boeing 777.