Hull Police are looking to identify the driver of a silver sedan that endangered about 15 students as they were carrying out the Hull High tradition of painting their parking spaces in the lot outside the school with custom messages.

At about 7:30 p.m., officers were called to the school after a car drove through the yellow caution tape, over traffic cones, paint cans, and the areas of the parking lot that had been painted. The car was driven by what students described as a middle-aged woman with blonde hair, who, according to police, “got out of the vehicle, yelling at the kids and questioning them.” She drove off before the students could get a picture of the license plate, but they said all four tires were smeared with paint.

The area had been blocked off to traffic and signs were posted about the painting event. Social media posts also warned drivers about the lot closure, which is scheduled to last through Thursday, August 15.

In his report, Officer Jake Mahoney said the high school’s exterior cameras were unable provide images from the time of the incident.

Inside the school, the Hull Redevelopment Authority meeting was under way; officers visited the meeting to ask if attendees had information about the car or its driver.

At presstime, the driver had not been identified. She could be charged with negligent operation, a marked lanes violation, vandalism, and disorderly conduct.

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