Washington, SANA- US authorities detained a person near the White House on Monday who crashed a vehicle into an exterior gate of the presidential mansion complex.
“Shortly before 6:00 p.m., a vehicle collided with an exterior gate on the White House complex. The driver has been taken into custody & we are investigating the cause & manner of the collision,” US Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi was quoted by AFP as saying on X, formerly Twitter.
The spokesman added that President Joe Biden was out of town at the time of the incident, and security officials did not say whether it was a traffic accident or intended as an attack.
The White House has seen a string of high-profile trespassing incidents in recent years, causing sufficient concern to build a higher, tougher metal fence around the iconic mansion’s perimeter in 2020.
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