The Secret Service said in a statement that a driver was killed after crashing into a security fence near the White House around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night, and Washington police have launched an investigation.
“There is no threat or impact to public safety,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. Social media, added that the crash posed no threat to the White House. City police said they were investigating the accident.Only as a traffic accident'', but said the Secret Service would conduct a separate investigation into the driver's background.
President Biden arrived Friday night and was at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, at the time of the accident.
The accident occurred on the east perimeter of the White House, near the intersection of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, a six-lane thoroughfare that connects the White House and the U.S. Capitol. washington police Said. Police arrived at the scene approximately 15 minutes after the accident and confirmed the adult male driver was dead.
Images of the incident provided by Washington's WJLA show a wrecked silver sedan crashing several feet from the White House's outermost barricade, which tells drivers entering the compound to stop. Ta.
In January, a vehicle crashed into a barrier at the same intersection and police detained the driver. And last May, a 19-year-old man crashed a rented U-Haul truck into the White House security fence. He told authorities he planned to kill Biden, who was in the White House at the time.
In December, a Delaware man who authorities said was driving under the influence crashed into Mr. Biden's motorcade while the president was speaking to reporters on a street in downtown Wilmington. The collision was believed to be accidental and no one was injured.
