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Vehicle Crashes Into Barricade Near White House, Secret Service Investigating
The driver was detained and questioned; no injuries reported; multiple streets near the White House were closed during the Secret Service-led investigation.
- On March 11, 2026, a van drove through a barricade at Connecticut Avenue and H Street NW, and the driver was detained by the Secret Service.
- Amid heightened security since February 28, Washington officials have not released what led up to the crash or whether it was intentional.
- A police bomb squad inspected the vehicle and declared it safe, while the metal barricade at Lafayette Square was mangled and Metropolitan Police Department officers assisted the U.S. Secret Service at 6:37 a.m.
- Several streets around the White House were closed, including H Street between 15th and 17th Street NW and Vermont Ave between H and I Street NW, with no injuries reported and criminal charges pending, the U.S. Secret Service said.
- The Secret Service said it leads the investigation and asked the public to call DC Police at 202-727-9099 or text 50411; it remains unclear if President Donald Trump was present.
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