A King Middle School student reported that a male in a vehicle approached her Wednesday morning near the intersection of Shattuck and Durant avenues, allegedly making “repeated inappropriate gestures and propositions,” according to a statement released by BUSD Superintendent Donald Evans.

The statement, released Wednesday afternoon, confirmed that the student is safe. She immediately boarded an AC Transit bus and called her parents and the Berkeley Police Department. BPD is now investigating the case.

The student alleged that the vehicle was a green van with a gray roof and that the driver was a Latinx male with a beard and a dark baseball cap, according to the BUSD statement.

“We want to raise awareness, rather than alarm,” Evans said in the statement. “However, this incident, together with the warning issued by police yesterday about another individual, is a reminder to talk to your students about being aware of their surroundings and to report any suspicious behavior to a trusted adult immediately, just as this student did.”