Driver arrested after car crashes into White House security gate
White House
Car crashes into security gate
…Driver arrested outside the president’s residence
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A driver was arrested Tuesday evening after crashing his car into a security gate outside the president’s White House residence.
An unknown driver crashed a car directly into the security gate on the west side of the White House grounds just after 10:30 PM…about 400 yards away from the home itself.
Uniformed Secret Service agents and DC Metro Police searched the car at the scene and identified the vehicle as a 2010 Acura TSX with Maryland license plates, according to The New York Times – was safe. The White House was unlocked during the incident.
The motorist was immediately arrested, The Washington Post reports.
It is unclear how fast the vehicle was traveling, the full extent of the damage and whether the motorist was injured.
