Cape Coral police investigate stranger danger incident

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CAPE CORAL, Fla.- Police are investigating a report of a suspicious man trying to pick up a high school student.

The teen was walking near the corner of Country Club Boulevard and Southeast 7th Place when she says a man pulled up in a red truck and offered her a ride.

She repeatedly refused and says the man got irritated and demanded that she get into his truck.

The teen says the man drove off when her bus pulled up.

The girl described the stranger as white man, in his 30s or 40s, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a thin build.

He was wearing baggy clothes and driving a red two-door pickup truck.

She also said he spoke with a country accent.

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