Car Drives Straight into White House Perimeter Gate, Resulting in Deadly Crash
A vehicle smashed into an outer perimeter gate near the White House late Saturday. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Fox News . At the time of the incident, President Joe Biden was in Delaware…
A vehicle smashed into an outer perimeter gate near the White House late Saturday.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Fox News.
At the time of the incident, President Joe Biden was in Delaware for the weekend.
The identity of the man driving the vehicle was not released. The incident took place shortly before 10:30 p.m., the Secret Service said in a statement, according to The Associated Press.
The Secret Service statement on the social media platform X said the driver was traveling at a high rate of speed when the vehicle hit an outer security perimeter barrier.
“There was no threat to the White House,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said, and “no threat or public safety implications.”