Mechanical problems not behind Ride On crash

Montgomery County’s inspection of a Ride On bus that demolished the front of a Silver Spring house two weeks ago has turned up no mechanical problems, leaving driver error as the most likely cause, county spokesman Patrick Lacefield said.

Driver Emlyn Harewood said the brakes on the 2011 Gillig Hybrid bus failed. When the 64-year-old stepped on the brakes, nothing happened, he told The Washington Examiner. “I shouted out to everybody, ‘No brakes! No brakes!’ ”