Authorities in Georgia are searching for a woman accused of stealing a full-size school bus from an elementary school and driving it nearly 40 miles before abandoning it in another county, officials said.

The bus was taken from Arbor Springs Elementary School in Coweta County in the early morning hours of Feb. 9 and later recovered in Temple, a city in Carroll County, school property outside of normal school hours, the sheriff's office said.

The incident remains under investigation.

"We’re asking the public, especially those in Temple, Georgia, that area," the sheriff’s office told the local station. "If they recognize whoever’s in the photo please reach out to investigator Taylor."