White House on temporary lockdown after car crashes into signpost

Washington: The White House was reportedly placed under temporary lockdown after a car rammed a security signpost at Lafayette Square. Secret Service has arrested two people after the car breached a barricade and crashed outside the White House, reported Fox News. Several videos on the internet show smoke emerging from the bonnet of a car as security officials rush to contain the situation. As Secret Service officers responded to the crash, they instructed media personnel present at the White House to go inside the premises, according to local reports.

Sniffer dogs were reportedly brought in to look for explosives after the crash. “Just before 10am, Secret Service Police and National Guard responded to the north side of Lafayette Park at 16th Street and H Street, NW, where a vehicle crashed onto the sidewalk.

The driver was combative with law enforcement, but was quickly placed under arrest,” Fox News quoted a Secret Service spokesperson as saying.

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