The United States Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies are investigating a rental van that crashed into a security fence at Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday.
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The United States Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies are investigating a rental van that crashed into a security fence at Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday.
Nathan Howard/Reuters
Law enforcement officials in Washington, DC, say a person who drove a rented truck into a security fence near the White House on Monday did so intentionally.
U.S. Parks Police said a preliminary investigation found that 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula of Chesterfield, Mo., intentionally dashed into planks around Lafayette Square.
The collision at Lafayette Square and 16th Street at around 9:40 p.m. Monday happened just steps from the White House.
Kandula is arrested and charged by the Park Police with an assault with a dangerous weapon; reckless motor vehicle control; threatening to kill/kidnap/harm the president, vice president or family members; destruction of federal property and trespassing.
NBC News reported that the suspect had made threatening statements about the White House and that a Nazi flag was seized by authorities at the scene.
Secret Service Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said: No Secret Service or White House personnel were injured in the incident.
He added that the Washington, DC Police Department thought the truck was safe after the accident.
Authorities did not say whether President Biden was in the White House at the time of the collision.
