From NBC News: A person was arrested late Tuesday after ramming a vehicle into a Secret Service security checkpoint a few hundred feet from the White House, officials said.
A Secret Service spokesperson said the vehicle drove into the gate at 17th and E St, NW, in Washington at about 10:37 p.m. ET. The suspect has not been named and so far there has been no suggestion of any motive nor whether the collision was intentional.
News agency images showed a black car having collided with a security checkpoint on the western side of the White House complex.
“The individual was immediately arrested by U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers, and the vehicle was assessed by Secret Service and the Metropolitan Police Department and deemed safe,” the statement said.
A reporter for Fox 5 said the incident did not happen at the main White House gate that leads to Pennsylvania, but was the gate which leads to President’s Park and the South Lawn.
The vehicle was reportedly checked for explosives and deemed safe.
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