article_snippet: Lu, a 23-year-old Chinese national and graduate student at Boston University, had been watching the marathon near the finishing line with friends when the bombs detonated.
article_snippet: Lingzi Lu, 23, was likely conscious after suffering painful leg injuries when two bombs detonated at the Boston Marathon in 2013.
article_snippet: Chaos: her suffered a devastating injury to her femoral artery after the blast (pictured) and likely passed away within minutes, Dr Lindstrom told the jury in her killer's trial at her killer's trial on Monday .
article_snippet: her said Lu's femoral artery in her left leg was essentially cut in half, causing her to bleed to death.
article_snippet: It would have been not immediate, but relatively quickly, seconds to minutes,' her said, adding that Lu did not suffer any head injuries so likely would've been conscious the whole time.
article_snippet: When her body arrived for autopsy, there were still two belts around her leg where someone had attempted to stop her from bleeding out, Dr Linstrom said, the Boston Globe reported.
highlights_snippet: Another medical examiner on Monday detailed the wounds suffered by Lingzi Lu, 23, who died within minutes after femoral artery was severed .
  