'Suspicous incident' turns out to be simple mistake, police said

LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — Police in Lower Burrell said a "suspicious incident" where a man pulled up to a student while he was driving a van and said the girl could get in was a simple mistake.

Investigators said the man was a ride share driver that mistakenly identified the teen as his customer.

Police in Lower Burrell are investigating a "suspicious incident" where an older man allegedly pulled alongside a middle school student, opened the sliding door and said "you can get in anyways."

The man was described as balding with gray hair driving a dark gray or black mini-van in the area of Claremont Drive in Lower Burrell.

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There were other students who apparently witnessed the encounter, police said.

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