Penticton woman approached by suspicious male driver

A Penticton woman, after being ordered to get into a truck by a strange man, turned to the RCMP for help.

The incident happened at about 1 p.m. on Sunday when she was walking up Westhills Drive from Green Mountain Road.

“A man drove past her slowly, before immediately turning his truck around and driving back towards her,” a Penticton RCMP news release says. “The man stopped his vehicle, and insisted the woman get inside his truck. The woman immediately refused. Upon seeing another approaching vehicle, the man continued to drive back north on Westhills Drive.

"Not knowing the man’s intention, the woman was understandably shaken up by the interaction.”

She described the man as a Caucasian male, about 60 years old with white hair. He was driving a “three-seat bench style” grey truck with a large white canopy.

Anyone with any information is asked to call Penticton RCMP at 250-492-4300.

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