Oct. 22 (UPI) — Authorities in Washington, D.C., have arrested a driver accused of ramming a barricade protecting the White House.
Little information about the incident has been made public.
The U.S. Secret Service said in a brief statement that incident occurred at 10:37 p.m. EDT.
The suspect is accused of ramming the Secret Service vehicle gate located at 17th St. and E Streets NW.
“The individual was arrested & the vehicle was assessed and deemed safe,” the Secret Service said on X. “Our investigation into the cause of this collision is ongoing.”
This is not the first time a vehicle has been driven into a White House barrier.
On the night of May 4, 2024, a driver died after his vehicle, traveling at a high rate of speed, collided with an outer barricade of the White House complex. The driver was identified as 57-year-old James Chester Lewis Jr.
In May 2023, then 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula drove a U-Haul truck into the White House as part of what prosecutors said was an attempt to overthrow the U.S. government and replace it with a Nazi dictatorship.
In January, Kandula was sentenced to eight years in prison.
This is a developing story.