PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The school bus driver who hit and killed a man in Providence last week has been issued traffic citations, 12 News has learned.

The victim, identified by police as 38-year-old Lucas Garcia, was hit while crossing Union Avenue at the Route 10 on-ramp early Thursday morning.

Garcia was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital and later pronounced dead.

There were no students on the school bus at the time of the crash, and the 44-year-old driver was not injured, according to a police report obtained by 12 News.

The driver told officers the light had turned green with an arrow, which is why he proceeded to make the turn from Union Avenue toward the on-ramp.

The police report notes that there was a "clearly painted, unobstructed" crosswalk in direct proximity to where Garci

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