Secret Service responding to a 'suspicious vehicle' that 'hit a barricade' near the White House

Breaking new right now out of DC where the Secret Service is responding to a suspicious vehicle that crashed into a barricade near the White House:

Secret Service and @DCPoliceDept EOD are responding to the suspicious vehicle. Road closures remain in effect.

— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) November 21, 2019

Roads around the White House have been shut down:

Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers are responding to a suspicious vehicle.
Road Closures – 17th from NY Ave to H Street.
– Pennsylvania Ave. from 17th to 18th Street.
– 15th to 17th street (including Lafayette Park) to pedestrian traffic. pic.twitter.com/5lnr2r3uGO

— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) November 21, 2019

According to an early report from the scene, one car “wen through a drop gate at Lafayette Plaza and another car piggy-backed behind it”:

#BREAKING: Police telling @thejuliewright that a car went through a drop gate at Lafayette Plaza and another car piggy-backed behind it.@SweeneyABC is on his way to the scene. #GMW @ABC7GMW
stream live: https://t.co/fGSGdMfATB https://t.co/JC6ZyoYlIa

— Jessob Reisbeck (@jessob_reisbeck) November 21, 2019

We’ll keep you posted:

Roads surrounding the White House are closed after a driver hit a barricade. Sources say a second car may have attempted to follow the first car into the complex. pic.twitter.com/P5z12wLM5w

— Sam Sweeney (@SweeneyABC) November 21, 2019

An unauthorized vehicle attempted to gain entry to the White House complex by following another vehicle that was lawfully entering at an external complex checkpoint.

The vehicle was stopped and the individual was immediately taken into custody by Secret Service U.D. Officers. pic.twitter.com/ex406WNK87

— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) November 21, 2019

More here:

A suspect has been detained after an unauthorised vehicle tried to enter the White House complex https://t.co/ZIw3jW1rY0

— Sky News (@SkyNews) November 21, 2019

Secret Service responding to a 'suspicious vehicle' that 'hit a barricade' near the White House

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