proceeded to keep driving after the crash<\/a>.<\/p>\n“Heard something sound like branches on the glass,” witness Wayne Foster said.<\/p>\n
Foster said he was riding the No. 26 bus when he noticed a woman who was knocking on the door at a stop near 70th Street and South Shore Drive.<\/p>\n
“Me and the other passengers told this the driver that there was a woman on the ground. He proceeded to say, ‘Oh, (expletive).’ And drove off,” Foster said.<\/p>\n
Foster said he got off the bus and tried to help.<\/p>\n
“I know that somebody’s little girl, that somebody’s child, somebody’s going like, somebody’s whole world is going to be crushed today,” Foster said.<\/p>\n
A CTA spokesperson said, “According to preliminary information, CTA received reports of contact between a #26 bus and a female pedestrian at 69th and South Shore.”<\/p>\n
Foster says he was on his way to work at the time. But the incident was so traumatic he ended up going home. He says now he is just praying for the family.<\/p>\n
“Take your time to grieve, but to also reach out to the city, reach out to CTA, important them to be transparent and not to have a lot behind legal tape,” Foster said.<\/p>\n
The CTA did not directly answer a question about the driver proceeding to drive off.<\/p>\n
Police confirmed Saturday that the driver was cited, but did not immediately say what the citation was for.<\/p>\n
Further information was not immediately available.<\/p>\n
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