Achi news desk-
A driver died after a car crashed into the White House gate
Washington: A car traveling at high speed crashed into a gate at the White House, leaving the driver dead, the US Secret Service said.
“Just before 10:30 p.m. (1430 GMT) on May 4,” the vehicle crashed into an “external perimeter gate at the White House compound,” the federal law enforcement agency said Sunday in a statement released on X, Xinhua news agency reported.
“Security protocols were implemented when the officers evacuated the vehicle,” it said, adding that “there was no threat to the White House.”
A limited traffic closure remains in effect as the agency and local police investigate the incident, Anthony Guglielmi, the agency’s chief of communications, said in a post on X.
