BALTIMORE, MD : Buses in fatal crash had no mechanical issues on Friday, 4th November 2016

The Latest on a crash involving a school bus and a commuter bus that killed both drivers and four mass transit riders in Baltimore (all times local):

1:30 p.m.

The National Transportation Safety Board says investigators have found no mechanical defects in the two buses involved in this week's fatal crash in Baltimore.

Jennifer Morrison is the NTSB's lead investigator at the scene. Morrison said at a news conference Friday afternoon that the agency has completed the mechanical inspections of both the commuter bus and school bus and found no deficiencies.

Morrison also says the NTSB and Baltimore police have obtained four surveillance videos that show the school bus on its approach to the crash site. But she says none shows the collision. The bus hit a car before colliding with a Maryland Transit Administration bus early Tuesday morning, killing six people, including both bus drivers.

Police spokesman T.J. Smith says it appears from the surveillance video that the bus was traveling at a rate higher than the posted limit, but he says the exact rate is still being determined.

Smith also announced that police have determined an additional person was injured in the crash, bringing the total to 11.

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Buses in fatal crash had no mechanical issues