The Melfort RCMP are investigating a suspicious event that occurred in their city.

The Mounties say that at around 3:30 Thursday afternoon a man driving a white cargo van with a broken right tail light approached a nine year-old girl walking 'uptown' from school.

The man spoke to her through the passenger window before she fled.

The man is described to be in his 60's with white hair and a beard.

The RCMP are hoping to speak to the man.

Call the Melfort detachment or Crime Stoppers if you can help locate him.