A driver died after a vehicle collided with a gate white House Saturday night, officials said.
The driver was found dead in the vehicle after the crash at the outer perimeter gate of the White House complex shortly before 10:30 p.m., the US Secret Service said in a statement.
Security protocols were implemented but there was no threat to the White House, the agency said. The driver could not be immediately identified.
The agency said the Secret Service would continue to investigate the case, while handing over the investigation of the fatal crash portion to the Washington Metropolitan Police Department.
Fox News reported that the Metropolitan Police Department responded at about 10:45 p.m. to reports that a vehicle “traveling at a high rate of speed” crashed into the White House’s exterior perimeter gate.