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Center-Right Owned by Living Media IndiaWhite House lockdown after car crashes into signpost, Trump was inside complex
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Videos circulating online show smoke coming from a car’s bonnet as security personnel respond. On Monday the White House was placed under a temporary lockdown after a vehicle struck a signpost at the northern end of Lafayette Square, opposite the North Lawn in Washington, DC. The crash occurred while President Donald Trump was inside the White House. The U.S. Secret Service and Washington Metro Police are investigating, and the Secret Service told most reporters to move indoors and stay there as a precaution. The driver also clashed with Secret Service agents.
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The U.S. Secret Service instructed most reporters at the White House to move indoors and remain there temporarily as a precaution.
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The White House was placed under a temporary lockdown on Monday after a car crashed into a signpost at Lafayette Square, just across from the presidential complex in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump was inside the White House when the incident occurred.
— India TV
