- A car crashed at high speed into a perimeter fence shortly before 10:30 p.m.
A driver died after crashing into the White House perimeter fence Saturday night, with authorities 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” shortly before 10:30 p.m.
Security officers ran to the car and tried to help 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 he was an adult man and no one else was injured in the accident.
The car crashed into the gates of the White House at “high speed” shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Saturday.
The car crashed into the gates about 1,000 feet from the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, near the Treasury Department.
The car crashed into the gates about 300 yards from the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, near the Treasury Department.
Officers rushed to help the driver, but he was already dead when they reached him.
The Secret Service said: “Safety protocols were in place as officers removed the vehicle and attempted to render aid to the driver who was discovered dead.”
In a statement Sunday, Guglielmi said, “Limited traffic closures remain in effect as Secret Service teams investigate a fatal vehicle crash that occurred at an exterior perimeter gate next to the White House.”
“There is no threat or implications for public safety.”
He added: ‘Shortly before 10:30 p.m. on May 4, a vehicle traveling at high speed collided with a gate on the outer perimeter of the White House complex.
‘Safety protocols were put in place as officers removed the vehicle and attempted to provide aid to the driver who was discovered deceased.
‘There was no threat to the White House.
“The portion of the fatal accident will be turned over to the Washington Metropolitan Police Department’s Accident Investigation Unit and the Secret Service investigation continues.”
Officers rushed to help the driver, but he was already dead when they reached him.
The Secret Service said: “Safety protocols were in place as officers removed the vehicle and attempted to render aid to the driver who was discovered dead.”
This is the second car to crash into the White House so far this year.
In January, officials arrested a man who crashed into a different exterior door.
He was arrested and is believed to be suffering from mental health problems.
Last May, a man driving a U-Haul truck crashed into security barriers in front of the White House.
Police discovered he was carrying a Nazi flag and he was identified as Sai Varshith Kandula, 19, of Chesterfield, Missouri.