Peterborough police seek stranger who offered ride to child walking to school

Police in Peterborough, Ont., are looking for an unknown woman who reportedly offered a child a ride on Tuesday.

According to the Peterborough Police Service, around 8:15 a.m., officers responded after a 10-year-old student reported that while they were walking to Edmison Heights Public School, they were approached by an unknown woman in a car who offered a ride.

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The incident occurred in the area of Royal Drive and Marina Boulevard.

Police say the child declined and reported the incident to a trusted adult.

The woman in the vehicle was described as possibly in her 60s with short white/grey hair. She was driving a white sedan.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 705-876-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.