Police say they received a report about the stolen truck around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and determined that it was in a collision at 7th Avenue and 14th Street, where it struck the bus, a scaffold and two parked cars.
The bus driver, 49-year-old William Pena of Hillside, N.J., was pronounced dead at the scene. The motorist, Dominic Whilby of Griffin, Georgia, was taken into custody and treated for non-life threatening injuries at Bellevue Hospital.
Four others - a bus passenger, two pedestrians and the operator of a three-wheel scooter - suffered injuries and are being treated at hospitals.
