CHICAGO (WLS) — In a tragic incident on Wednesday, a CTA bus driver received a citation following a fatal crash in the South Shore area, according to Chicago police.

Authorities reported that the bus was initially stationary in the 7000 block of South South Shore Drive shortly before 8 a.m. when it suddenly began to move.

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During this time, a woman appeared to have slipped, leading to her being struck by the bus. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified her as Tracy Frasure.

Eyewitnesses recounted that the bus not only hit the woman, who was attempting to board but also continued to drive after the collision.

Wayne Foster, one of the witnesses, described the unsettling noise, saying, “Heard something sound like branches on the glass.”

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.

“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.

Foster said he got off the bus and tried to help.

“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.

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.”

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.

“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.

The CTA did not directly answer a question about the driver proceeding to drive off.

The video in the player above is from a previous report.