Speeding driver dies after crashing car into White House gate
- Just before 10:30 p.m., a car crashed into a fence at high speed
A driver was killed Saturday evening after crashing into the White House fence, with officials saying it was “a traffic accident” with “no threat to the White House.”
The car crashed into the gates of the White House at ‘high speed’ just before 10:30 p.m.
Security rushed to the car and tried to render aid to the driver, but he was already dead.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said there was “no threat to the White House” and “no threat or implications to public safety.”
The driver has not yet been identified but was an adult male and no one else was injured in the crash.
The car crashed into the gates of the White House at a ‘high speed’ on Saturday just before 10:30 p.m.
The car crashed into the gate about 1,000 feet from the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, near the Treasury Department.
The car crashed into the gate about 1,000 feet from the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, near the Treasury Department.
Officials rushed to help the driver, but he was dead when they reached him.
The Secret Service said, “Security protocols were implemented as officers inspected the vehicle and attempted to render aid to the deceased driver.”
In a statement on Sunday, Guglielmi said: “Limited traffic closures remain in effect as Secret Service teams investigate a fatal vehicle crash that occurred at an exterior gate near the White House.
“There is no threat or implications to public safety.”
He added: “Shortly before 10:30 PM on May 4, a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed collided with an exterior gate of the White House complex.
“Security protocols were implemented as officers inspected the vehicle and attempted to render aid to the deceased driver.
“There was no threat to the White House.
“The fatal crash portion of this will be turned over to the Washington Metropolitan Police Department Crash Investigation Unit and the Secret Service investigation will continue.”
Officials rushed to help the driver, but he was dead when they reached him
The Secret Service said, “Security protocols were implemented as officers inspected the vehicle and attempted to render aid to the deceased driver.”
It is the second car to crash into the White House so far this year.
In January, officials arrested a man who crashed into another exterior gate.
He was taken into custody and believed to have mental health problems.
Last May, a man driving a U-Haul truck crashed into security barriers across the street from the White House.
Police discovered he was carrying a Nazi flag and he was identified as Sai Varshith Kandula, 19, of Chesterfield, Missouri.