Hicksville Middle School students approached by strangers while walking home
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Two Hicksville Middle School students were approached by strangers in vehicles in separate incidents on Tuesday, a Hicksville Public Schools spokeswoman said.
The two students were each walking home from school in the afternoon when one was approached by someone in a red vehicle, and the other by someone in a gray vehicle, a district spokeswoman said. Both of the incidents happened in the vicinity of Nevada Street, one at 2:40 p.m. and the other at 4:15 p.m., according to the district. Nevada Street is a largely residential street more than a mile north of the school.
District officials did not release any other information and referred questions to Nassau County police.
Police did not immediately respond to requests for information.
Maura McDermott covers education. Since joining Newsday in 2012, she also has worked on the investigations team and covered real estate and the business of health care.
