Driver asks for name of 11-year-old girl walking to school in Detroit

Girl approached by driver while walking to Marquette Elementary

An 11-year-old girl said she was approached by a driver on the way to school. (WDIV)

DETROIT – An 11-year-old girl was asked her name by a stranger Wednesday while walking to elementary school in Detroit.

Police said the girl was walking to Marquette Elementary School on the city's west side when she was approached around 8:30 a.m. at Nottingham Road and Morang Avenue.

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The man asked the girl her name, and she ran to school to tell administrators, police said.

She told police the man was black and driving in a yellow car.


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