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The coroner on the case is telling a harrowing tale of the fire and desperate attempt to get out of the limo
San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault NBC Bay Area’s Diane Dwyer that the scene last night was the worst he’s witnessed after 20 years on the job.
He said it was obvious to him that the women were trying to get out of the vehicle and were overcome by smoke. “My understanding is that three passengers got out the side back door on the drivers side, and one made it out the passenger compartment window successfully - to the driver’s compartment,” Fourcrault said.
Fourcrault said passengers alerted the driver that there was smoke in the passenger compartment so he pulled over, got out and discovered that the back passenger side of the limo was fully engulfed in flames.
The coroner said three of the women made it out the back door on the driver’s side. One made it through the divider into the driver’s area.
The remaining women did not survive and were found near the front of the passenger compartment as if they were trying to get to the driver’s area through the privacy divider. The coroner’s office plans to use dental records Monday to positively identify the victims.
Odd. Photos show the back door on the driver’s side as closed.
I’d guess that this event was horrific enough that even an experienced coroner...