The U.S. Secret Service and different legislation enforcement companies examine a rented field truck that crashed into safety boundaries at Lafayette Park throughout from the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

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The U.S. Secret Service and different legislation enforcement companies examine a rented field truck that crashed into safety boundaries at Lafayette Park throughout from the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

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Law enforcement officers in Washington, D.C., say an individual who drove a rental truck into safety boundaries close to the White House on Monday did so deliberately.

U.S. Park Police say a preliminary investigation signifies that 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula of Chesterfield, Mo., plowed into the bollards round Lafayette Square on function.

The collision at Lafayette Square and sixteenth Street round 9:40 p.m. Monday occurred simply steps from the White House.

Kandula was arrested and charged by the Park Police with assault with a harmful weapon; reckless operation of a motorized vehicle; threatening to kill / kidnap / inflict hurt on a president, vice chairman, or member of the family; destruction of federal property and trespassing.

NBC News reported that the suspect made threatening statements concerning the White House, and {that a} Nazi flag was seized by authorities on the scene.

Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said no Secret Service or White House personnel have been harm within the incident.

The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department deemed the truck protected after the crash, he added.

Authorities did not say if President Biden was within the White House on the time of the collision.