The U.S. Secret Service has detained the driver of a rented box truck that crashed into security barriers near the White House last night. It is believed the driver perhaps intentionally targeted the building.
Chris Zaboji, a witness to the crash, posted a brief video on social media showing the truck driving into the barricades.Zaboji, 25, an airline pilot who lives in Washington, said he had just finished jogging on the National Mall and was walking home when he heard a loud crash.
A previous tweet from the Secret Service's Guglielmi said nobody from the White House or Secret Service was injured.The U.S. Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies could be seen searching through the back of the lorry The nearby Hay Adams hotel was evacuated at the request of the Secret Service, the Washington Post reported, citing a hotel official, while the Secret Service said some roads and pedestrian walkways around the park were closed.
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