- By Ajeet Kumar
- Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:24 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
A man was taken into custody late Tuesday after driving his car into a security barrier outside the White House, authorities said. The US Secret Service said the man crashed into the security gate at a White House entrance at 10:37 p.m. on Tuesday. The man was immediately arrested by officers from the Secret Service’s uniformed division, the agency said.
Investigators searched his car and deemed it to be safe, Secret Service officials said in a statement.
Authorities did not immediately provide any additional information about the crash, the driver’s identity or any potential motivation.
Trump was inside White House when accident happened: FBI
US President Donald Trump was in the White House at the time of the incident, New York Times reported citing Secret Service. The White House was not placed on lockdown, but the road leading to the gate will remain closed until the police tow the vehicle away, the Secret Service added.
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Despite tightened restrictions on access roads around the White House, security breaches have continued in recent years. In the latest incident, a man rammed his car into a security gate while Donald Trump was inside the residence.
Similar incidents
Similar vehicle crashes have occurred before — one each in May and January 2024. In May 2023, a driver plowed a rented U-Haul truck into a gate and later told investigators he intended to kill then–President Joe Biden.
Efforts to fortify the area date back decades. After the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, the Treasury Department, and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building was permanently closed to vehicles.
Yet breaches have persisted: in 1994, a gunman’s bullets shattered a White House window while President Bill Clinton was inside; and in 2015, a man scaled the fence during President Barack Obama’s Thanksgiving celebration.
The latest incident comes amid heightened concern over political security following two assassination attempts on Trump last year and a string of deadly attacks targeting public figures. Earlier this year, Minnesota state lawmaker Melissa Hortman was shot dead in what officials called a political assassination, and just last month, Trump ally Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on a Utah university campus.
(With inputs from agency)