Peel police are trying to hunt down a man driving a Honda who investigators say tried to abduct a 12-year-old Brampton boy.

The incident occurred just before 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, as the child was walking home from school in the area of Williams Parkway and Royal Orchard Drive in Brampton.

A man in a vehicle approached the boy and “repeatedly demanded he get in the car,” said Const. Iryna Yashnyk.

The boy then ran and hid in a nearby parkette, where he saw the man exit the car and look for him.