Driver dies after crashing car into White House gate

A car collapsed into nan information gross that surrounds nan White House connected Saturday night, sidesplitting nan driver, officials said

The incident was only nether investigation arsenic a postulation collision, according to nan D.C. Police Department.

Anthony Gugliemi, spokesperson for nan Secret Service said location were nary threats aliases nationalist information concerns successful nan aftermath. The Secret Service released a preliminary connection pinch immoderate basal specifications astir nan crash, which nan agency is besides investigating.

FILE - The White House is visible done nan obstruction astatine nan North Lawn successful Washington. Andrew Harnik / AP

The conveyance was speeding connected Saturday nighttime erstwhile it collided pinch a gross lining nan outer perimeter of nan White House analyzable conscionable earlier 10:30 p.m. ET, nan Secret Service said successful that statement. Officers responded to nan clang and tried to springiness assistance to nan antheral driver discovered wrong nan car erstwhile they arrived, but he was pronounced dormant astatine nan scene. No different injuries were reported.

"There was nary threat to nan White House," nan Secret Service's connection read. "The fatal clang information of this will beryllium turned complete to nan Washington Metropolitan Police Department Crash Investigation Unit and nan Secret Service investigation continues."

Officials person not identified nan driver. President Biden visited Delaware this play and was not successful Washington, D.C. erstwhile nan clang happened, nan Associated Press reported.

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