A mum has issued a warning to other parents after a suspicious approach to her daughter on her way home from school.
The 13-year-old was walking in the Whitehall Avenue area of Ballycastle around 4pm on Monday, January 21, when a woman in a car stopped to speak to her.
She told her the teenager&apos;s mum had asked her to collect her, but the young girl ran away.
Police are now investigating and are keen to speak with the driver of the car or anyone who witnessed a car matching this description being driven in the area.
Speaking to Belfast Live, the mum said: "She was on her way home from school this afternoon when an older lady in a black Golf approached her and asked her, &apos;Where is your mum?&apos;.
"When my daughter replied that I was at home the lady said &apos;No your mum just rang me, she is to go to work and wants me to collect you&apos;. My daughter knew this wasn’t true and told the woman that she just lived beside where they were and ran into the garden of the property she was standing outside.
"The lady in the car drove off at speed."
Talking about warning other parents, she added: "I just want to make sure their children know the dangers and no matter what someone says to them that they are never to get in a car with someone they don’t know."
A PSNI spokesman said: "Police received a report of a suspicious approach to a teenage girl in the White Hall Avenue area of Ballycastle on Monday 21 January.
"It was reported that the child was approached by a middle aged woman, driving a black Volkswagon Golf, who told the child she was there to collect her after school. The girl did not go with the woman but made her way to a safe place and raised the alarm.
"Officers are keen to speak with the driver of the Volkswagon car or anyone who witnessed a car matching this description being driven in the area today. Anyone with information is asked to contact police in Coleraine on 101 quoting reference number 917 21/01/19. Alternatively, information can also be provided to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 which is 100% anonymous and gives people the power to speak up and stop crime."