CENTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

A teenage girl was nearly kidnapped in Indiana County. The 17-year-old told police that a man appeared in her driveway and tried to take her. That suspect is still at large.

The encounter happened on Apple Lane in Center Township. Advertisement

"It's definitely concerning. This is an unusual incident," Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Cliff Greenfield said.

It was around 9:15 p.m. Wednesday when state police got the call for an attempted kidnapping. State police said the girl was out with a friend.

"She was walking home, got to her driveway and had turned around, and there was a man standing in her driveway," Greenfield said.

The girl said the man grabbed her. She escaped and ran safely to a friend’s house. Police don’t know where the suspect went.

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