WASHINGTON
\nUS authorities detained a person near the White House on Monday who crashed a vehicle into an exterior gate of the presidential mansion complex, the Secret Service said.
\nPresident Joe Biden was out of town at the time of the incident, and security officials did not say whether it was a traffic accident or intended as an attack.
\n\u201cShortly before 6:00 p.m. (2300 GMT), a vehicle collided with an exterior gate on the White House complex. The driver has been taken into custody & we are investigating the cause & manner of the collision,\u201d US Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said on X, formerly Twitter.
\nThe crash is believed to have occurred on the northeast side of the complex, given that Guglielmi said to expect \u201ctraffic implications\u201d at 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
\nWhile the vehicle was later cleared by Washington police, the \u201cdriver remains in custody and our investigation continues,\u201d Guglielmi said.
\nThe White House has seen a string of high-profile trespassing incidents in recent years, causing sufficient concern to build a higher, tougher metal fence around the iconic mansion\u2019s perimeter in 2020.
\nIn 2017 a man who scaled a White House fence traipsed the grounds for more than 16 minutes before he was arrested \u2014 while then-president Donald Trump was inside.
\nIn 2014 while Barack Obama was president, a disturbed US Army veteran jumped the White House fence, sprinted across the lawn and entered the building with a knife in his pocket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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