Police are investigating a report in which a car followed a boy and a man tried to get him into the vehicle.
Cheshire Constabulary said officers were contacted at 8:45 pm Tuesday about “suspicious activity” at 7:40 pm on Castlefields Avenue East in Runcorn.
The witness said she saw a car that “appeared to be following a little boy”.
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She spoke to the child and suggested that they go home.
The car was described as “dark”.
She wrote on social media that the boy thought the driver sounded Eastern European and that he had “tried to get him to come with him in his car”.
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She said, “Needless to say, the car drove away – I didn’t see it except that it was a dark car!”
The officers have not yet tracked the child.
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A Cheshire police spokesman added there was no evidence the incident was linked to an encounter reported a week earlier in Beechwood, in another part of Runcorn, when a boy ran home after a man driving a white van, stopping it and asking “for help”.
He said: “At 8:45 pm on Tuesday, August 10th, police received reports of suspicious activity in the Castlefields area of Runcorn.
“The caller reported that they were driving on Castlefields Avenue East at 7:40 pm on August 10th when they saw a dark car that appeared to be following a young boy.
“The woman turned and spoke to the boy, advising him to go home.
“The dark vehicle was seen driving off towards Astmoor Road.
“There is no evidence that the incident was related to the suspicious activity on Cherry Blossom Road, and at this point the officers were unable to track down the boy.
“Anyone with information is encouraged to call Cheshire Police on 101 or visit www.cheshire.police.uk/tua using IML 1058477.”
