By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

UPDATE: Parent offering ride to Coal Tyee elementary students causes serious misunderstanding

Nov 13, 2018 | 4:07 PM

NANAIMO — Police have confirmed a miscommunication led to concerns about a suspicious encounter with two Coal Tyee Elementary students on Tuesday morning. 

Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW a parent, who recognized the students as friends of their own child, offered them a ride to school. 

The students then went directly to school and informed a staff member about the encounter, which prompted a letter home to parents and an investigation by the Nanaimo RCMP. 

After speaking to investigators, the parent apologized and recognized offering unsolicited rides to students isn’t appropriate behaviour. 

O’Brien said there’s no evidence linking this non-incident with a previous suspicious encounter involving a Park Avenue Elementary student in October.

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