A driver crashed a vehicle into a White House security gate Tuesday night, prompting a brief security scare.
The Secret Service said authorities quickly arrested the driver, and the vehicle was later cleared as safe. The agency has not released information about the individual or a possible motive.
President Donald Trump was inside the White House at the time of the crash, The New York Times reported, but the building was not placed on lockdown.
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The incident is the latest in a series of vehicle crashes targeting White House barriers in recent years. Two similar cases occurred in 2024, including one that killed the driver.
In 2023, authorities arrested a Missouri man who flew to Washington, rented a moving truck, rammed a barrier and waved a Nazi flag. Investigators said he planned to “seize power and be put in charge of the nation,” and charging documents alleged he intended to “kill the president, if that’s what I have to do.”
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