An area surrounding the White House was put under lockdown on Tuesday night after a driver plowed into a security gate.
The unidentified driver rammed the barricades at the intersection of 17th and E Street NW at around 10.30pm before he was immediately arrested by officers from the Secret Service’s uniformed division.
Investigators searched his car and deemed it to be safe, Secret Service officials said in a statement.
President Donald Trump was inside the White House at the time of the crash.
Authorities have not yet released the suspect’s identity or any motivation for the crash as the investigation continues.
In the meantime, the road leading to the gate will remain closed until police tow the dark sedan away, but the White House itself is not on lockdown.
A car rammed into a security barricade at the White House Tuesday night
The incident is just the latest White House breach.
In March, a gunman was shot by Secret Service members after being spotted with a firearm just outside the White House.
The armed man, from Indiana, parked his vehicle on 17th and G Streets – just a stone’s throw away from the President’s home – and was walking around the streets with a gun.
Secret Service agents revealed that the shooter held a dark secret as he had been suicidal before making the journey from his home state to the Capitol on Saturday.
President Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida when the ordeal took place.
When agents found the suicidal man, he started brandishing his firearm – which triggered an armed confrontation just feet from the White House.
The man, who has not been identified, was rushed to hospital with injuries. The Secret Service members were unharmed during the incident.
