The man who stole a box truck and slammed it into a city bus, killing the driver, is model Tyson Beckford’s nephew — and was drinking at a Fashion Week party with his famous uncle just hours before Wednesday’s crash, sources said.
Domonic Whilby, 22, who sources said could be charged with murder in the 5:45 a.m. West Village collision, posted an Instagram photo of himself with Beckford’s sexy Victoria’s Secret model gal pal Shanina Shaik at 1OAK two hours earlier.
“Happy Birthday Shanina!!!!” the scrawny Whilby posted with the photo.
Beckford, his nephew Whilby and the stunning model first had dinner with more than 20 others at the exclusive Butter Midtown restaurant last night before heading to 1 OAK , sources said.
Also partying at 1 OAK Tuesday night were Paris Hilton and former Jet Darrelle Revis.
But Whilby was escorted out from the exclusive nightclub at 3:30 a.m. after getting too friendly with some female fashion week partiers.
“He was bothering other customers,” a source said. “He was getting too ‘handsy’ with other women, acting inappropriately.”
A rep for 1 Oak declined to comment.
After being escorted out of the club, he then wandered over to the nearby Maritime Hotel, where he passed out in the lobby and was given the boot.
Whilby then snuck into a building on West 16th Street and started knocking on doors and waking people up.
“Someone buzzed him in,” one tenant said. “About three minutes later I heard a knock on my door but I didn’t answer. I heard footsteps going up the stairs.”
He finally drifted into the street and — after he couldn’t find a limo — stumbled upon the 18 Rabbits granola delivery truck parked with the keys inside, sources said.
Whilby crashed into several parked cars as he barreled toward the intersection of Seventh Avenue and West 14th Street, where he ran a red light and struck the crosstown M14 driven by 17-year MTA veteran William Pena, 50, cops said.
The bus jumped the sidewalk and crashed into a scaffolding, ejecting the driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt.
He was dead at the scene.
Four people suffered minor injuries in the crash, including a scooter driver, a food cart vendor and customer, and a passenger on Pena’s bus.
Whilby was arrested and taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was awaiting arraignment last night.
“He admitted he was at a party with models and he was drinking and he appeared to be drunk or high,” said a law-enforcement source, adding that investigators drew blood from Whilby after he refused to take a Breathalyzer.
Whilby’s Instagram and Twitter pages reveal him as boozing party boy who likes to smoke marijuana first thing in the morning.
Representatives for Beckford did not respond to a request for comment.
Pena was the first city bus driver killed in the line of duty since father-of-two Edwin Thomas was stabbed to death by a deadbeat on a Brooklyn bus in December 2008.
The MTA said Pena was the first driver killed in a collision in more than 14 years.
Alex Pena, 40, called his brother “the best” and said his wife Nancy and teenage daughter were shattered.
“He loved everything. He was a great guy, no trouble, nothing. He was just a great guy in every way you put it. It’s a tragedy this had to happen. We’re grieving. It takes time. It’s just begun,” he said.
Neighbor Claudio Diaz, 88, said he burst into tears when he heard about the death of his friend.
“A wonderful guy. That was his work for years. It was his life. He loved his job,” Diaz said. “The wife, the daughter, must be destroyed.”
The granola company said Wednesday night that their thoughts were with the victim’s families.
“18 Rabbits is terribly saddened to learn of today’s horrific accident in New York City,” a rep for the company said. “Our heartfelt condolences go out to the victims and their families.”
The rep also said that the truck was not owned by the company, but a distribution company.
Additional reporting by Larry Celona, Rebecca Harshbarger and Erin Calabrese.