Officials say a second person has died following a collision involving two commuter buses in New Jersey that left 17 others injured.
A spokeswoman for the Essex County prosecutor’s office says the second victim of Friday’s accident in Newark was a female passenger.
Authorities say one New Jersey Transit bus carrying only the driver slammed into another around 6 a.m. in Newark. The driver of the bus with no passengers died. The other driver and 16 passengers were injured.
Investigators were trying to determine if the driver who died ran a red light. The intersection where the crash occurred was the first in the state to have a surveillance camera to catch drivers running red lights. The surveillance program was discontinued in 2014.
WATCH: Raw footage shows the aftermath of the deadly commuter bus crash in Newark, N.J.
Newark officials claimed the red light cameras reduced accidents. Critics disputed that and said the cameras were mainly used to rake in cash for cities and towns.
Authorities were trying to determine if one of the buses ran a red light before Friday’s crash at the intersection of Broad Street and Raymond Boulevard in the heart of Newark’s downtown.
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