A van has been driven into a barricade near the White House, officials have said.
The driver has been apprehended in Washington DC and no injuries have been reported, a police spokesman said.
Officers were called at about 6.37am local time “to the vicinity of the White House… after a van drove through the barricade at Connecticut Avenue and H Street, Northwest”, he added.
An investigation is under way.
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