The White House went into a security lockdown on Monday after a car crashed into a sign nearby in Lafayette Square Park and another person jumped a barricade. The lockdown was lifted around 11 a.m., according to the White House press pool.
Video footage posted on X appears to show the car resting against a sign. The driver fought with members of the U.S. Secret Service and National Guard members after exiting the car.
The Secret Service said the driver was “combative,” and he was quickly arrested, ABC News6 reported.
The passenger car drove onto the sidewalk just north of Lafayette Park facing the White House and hit an informational sign. He was nowhere near the main gates of the White House. Police ordered the driver to the ground, and Secret Service moved journalists indoors, the New York Post reported.
A second person jumped a barricade near the northwest corner of the park, and that person was also arrested, according to the Secret Service.
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