A child who died in Friday’s air ambulance crash in Northeast Philadelphia had been a patient at Shriners Children’s Hospital.

The child and her mother were among the six people killed when a Jet Air Rescue medical transport Learjet 55 crashed near the Roosevelt Mall in Northeast Philadelphia. 

The other four victims were the aircraft’s crew members, including a doctor and paramedic.

“No names are being released at this time until family members have been notified,” Jet Air Rescue said in a statement Friday night.

In a televised interview on CBS3 late Friday night, a Shriners spokesman confirmed the girl had been treated at the hospital.

What Is Shriners hospital?

Shriners Children’s is a nonprofit healthcare system specializing in pediatric care, often at no cost to the families.

It operates a network of hospitals and outpatient facilities across North America, including in Mexico.

Shriners Children’s Philadelphia has been treating kids for nearly 100 years, first opening in Northeast Philadelphia before relocating to its current facility on North Broad Street, near Temple University’s Health Science Campus. The hospital specializes in orthopedic care, spinal cord injuries, rehabilitation, and reconstructive surgery for children up to 18 years old.

The organization was founded in 1922 by the Shriners, a fraternal organization with a long history of philanthropy. Shriners hospitals are known for highly specialized care, expertise and long-term medical support regardless of a family’s ability to pay.

It’s not known what the child was being treated for or how long she had been at Shriners before being picked up by the Jet Air Rescue team ahead of Friday’s ill-fated flight.

A Jet Rescue spokesman said late Friday all six people on the plane were Mexican nationals, including the young girl and her mother.

Jet Rescue was taking the girl to Tijuana, Mexico.

The flight was headed to Missouri before continuing on to Mexico, according to publicly available flight tracking programs.

Shriners Children’s operates a hospital in Mexico City, providing specialized pediatric orthopedic and burn care, and has several clinics across the country, including in Tijuana where the flight was headed.