Saturday's crash of an Asiana Airlines' 777 jet at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday brought a collective exhale as almost everyone on board was spared in what could have been a much deadlier crash. Still, two Chinese students have been pronounced dead in the incident, and it appears that at least one of those deaths could have been avoided.

"One of the deceased did have injuries consistent with those of having been run over by a vehicle. Many agencies were on the field yesterday," noted San Francisco fire department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge.

That's right, it is possible that one of the two deaths was actually caused by the authorities' response to the accident, and not the accident itself. At this point it is still speculation, but so far officials have recognized it as a legitimate possibility and are investigating the likelihood of such a tragic mistake occurring. It is not known which victim may have died in this fashion.

"As it possibly could have happened, based on the injuries sustained, it could have been one of our vehicles that added to the injuries, or another vehicle," San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said. "That could have been something that happened in the chaos. It will be part of our investigation."

The two victims were Ye Mengyuan, 17, and Wang Linjia, 16, who were both part of a cultural exchange program taking them to an American school in California for a few weeks. The two teenage girls were best friends, and both planned on one day coming to America to fulfill their dreams. Mengyuan was a talented gymnast while Linjia was an extremely bright physics student.

"Those kids sooner or later will go to U.S. schools, and the trip is an opportunity for them to get to know the U.S. and help them choose a university later," Beijing-based education consultant Yan Jiaqi said.

Unfortunately for the two victims on Saturday, that is no longer the case. So far there has been little people have been able to do other than try in vain to comfort the families of the girls, girls who are from a country that only allows families to give birth to one child.

"If there's anything we can say to these Chinese families back home, we are devastated," said Derek Swales, the administrator of the school the victims were planning on attending. "There's one family in particular that lost one of the deceased students. ... They are really struggling."