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Man arrested after crashing car into park across from White House

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AFP. (2026, November 9). Man arrested after crashing car into park across from White House. The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/man-arrested-after-crashing-car-into-park-across-from-white-house/article71683882.ece

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The Hindu · collected 2026-11-09 · by AFP

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On Monday, November 9, 2026, a man crashed his car into Lafayette Park across from the White House and was arrested after becoming combative with police. An explosive ordnance disposal team checked the vehicle as a precaution while another person jumped a barricade nearby and was also quickly apprehended. The White House was put on lockdown for about half an hour during these incidents, which are under investigation by authorities.
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Secret Service U.S. Secret Service

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Video taken by witnesses showed the man struggling with police after being pulled from his car, which crashed into a sign on the sidewalk of Lafayette Park across from the White House.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-09
2026-11-09 · The Hindu
Man arrested after crashing car into park across from White House · assertive framing

Claims (7 extracted, 0 hedged)

The White House was briefly placed on lockdown on Monday (November 9, 2026) after a man crashed his car into the sidewalk of a park across from the presidential mansion. asserted
man → place → mansion
The driver of the vehicle was "quickly placed under arrest" after he "became combative with law enforcement," a U.S. Secret Service spokesperson said. asserted
spokesperson → place → enforcement
Video taken by witnesses showed the man struggling with police after being pulled from his car, which crashed into a sign on the sidewalk of Lafayette Park across from the White House. asserted
which → take → House
An explosive ordnance disposal team was called in to "sweep the vehicle as a precaution," the Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement. asserted
spokesperson → call → statement
Around the same time as the vehicle incident, "a second individual jumped a barricade near the northwest corner of Lafayette Park," the spokesperson said. asserted
spokesperson → jump → Park
"That individual was also quickly placed under arrest," the spokesperson said. asserted
spokesperson → place → arrest
The White House was locked down for around half an hour during the incidents, correspondents said. asserted
correspondents → lock → incidents
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