The driver of a truck was detained after crashing into security barriers in Lafayette Square, adjacent to the White House grounds, a spokesman for the US Secret Service said.
“There were no injuries to any Secret Service or White House personnel and the cause and manner of the crash remain under investigation,” Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the US Secret Service, wrote on Twitter late Monday.
Some roads and pedestrian walkways were closed, the Secret Service said, and the nearby Hay Adams hotel was evacuated, Fox 5 television news reported.
After the first crash, the driver hit the barriers a second time, WUSA reported, citing a witness report.
WUSA television showed live images of a truck stopped next to a row of steel bollards and uniformed law enforcement officers approaching the vehicle.
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