Investigation over truck crash near White House

The operator of a motortruck has been detained aft crashing into information barriers crossed from the White House connected Monday night.

A Secret Service authoritative said cipher had been wounded - aboriginal adding that the motortruck had been deemed safe, and that archetypal investigations suggested the clang mightiness person been intentional.

Some section roads and pedestrian areas were closed off, helium earlier said.

The operator of the U-Haul removal motortruck was not instantly identified.

WUSA - a CBS-affiliated tv presumption covering Washington DC - cited a witnesser arsenic saying that the operator had deed the barriers a 2nd time, pursuing the archetypal collision.

The incidental - which happened conscionable earlier 22:00 (02:00 GMT) - triggered evacuations of section hotels including the Hay Adams, according to Fox News.