CRANBERRY TWP — The little girl who suffered a severe brain injury after the lid of a storage trunk closed on her neck and deprived her of oxygen has died.

Camryn Surman, 5, died on Wednesday as a result of complications from her condition in a persistent vegetative state, which she has suffered since the July 20, 2009, accident at her Cranberry Township home.

On that morning, the lid on the rattan trunk that the family used to store toys snapped closed on the toddler’s neck. Camryn’s life was saved, but oxygen deprivation left her unable to move and reliant on breathing and feeding tubes.

Attorney Martin Lazzaro, who served as the Surman family spokesman on Friday, said Camryn was admitted to the hospital recently after her health began to decline.

He said doctors were unable to help the little girl because of her vegetative state, and her parents, Eric and Laura Surman, decided to bring their daughter home. She died in the early morning hours on Wednesday.

“She was basically released from the hospital and they sent her home because nothing could be done for her,” Lazzaro said. “Obviously, they are devastated.”

A memorial service was held on Friday morning at St. Ferdinand Catholic Church in Cranberry Township. Camryn left behind three siblings, Aiden, Gavin and Jillian, as well as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.

Lazzaro said the Surmans greatly appreciated the support they have received from the Cranberry Township community since Camryn’s injury.

He said the money raised in 2010 by the Cranberry Cup helped keep the young family afloat while the Surmans tended to their daughter.

“Her parents basically lived at the hospital for months,” Lazzaro said. “They were both employed, but they never left her bedside.”

Lazzaro said Target recalled 350,000 of the wicker trunks after Camryn’s accident.

“It’s the sorriest day of any parent’s life to bury a child, and this didn’t have to happen,” Lazzaro said. “This kid gave her life.”

The family sued Target because no safety apparatus prevented the lid on the trunk from snapping closed, and because its packaging included no warning that it is unsafe for children. The suit was settled in Allegheny County Court in 2011.

“On behalf of Camryn, we initiated an investigation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission into the defective product that caused her to suffer the catastrophic brain injury that ultimately led to her death,” The Surmans said on Friday in a prepared statement. “This investigation triggered the recall ... and, as a result, protected other children from suffering as she did.”

In the statement, the Surmans also thanked “our friends, family, as well as the community for the tremendous love and support provided since our daughter, Camryn, suffered a severe brain injury on July 20, 2009.”

There was no visitation, and interment was private.