from wnyw in new york has the story. reporter: the accident happened on i-95, in the bronx in new york city, just over the westchester county line. a worldwide tour bus, was heading to chinatown in new york city, it was coming from mohegan sun, a popular casino in connecticut, when it crashed near exit 14 and smashed into the sign at exit 14 and the bus driver who survived claimed he was clipped or had to swerve to avoid a truck and trooper said the accident was horrific. and the bus was potorn open lika can opener by the sign on the side of the road and caused numerous delays throughout the morning, and in the meantime the police commissioner, ray kelly, says they are searching for the driver of the truck, supposedly the one who clipped or got in the way of the bus and the bus was heading to chinatown coming from mohegan sun and was going to make drop office in downtown
why is there an uptick in truck hijackings and cargo theft? reporter: let me give you a little primer here. if you were a criminal and decided you wanted to rob a bank, you might end u. with somewhere in the neighborhood of $10,000, if you were lucky. but if you were to steal one of these big rigs, that had a load of consumer electronics, you probably will walk away with somewhere in the neighborhood of about a half a million dollars. that s a lot of money. the hijacks of heists of cargo are up dramatically, a half a billion dollars taken last year up 67% over the previous year and the good news is, these companies that ship goods via truck and that is virtually every company in the world, at some point, are getting smarter because they are putting tracking devices on the lodz. take a listen: loads, take a listen: the thefts are you know, happen in location, such as truck stops or secured drop office and when that occurs we d know about it within what we