Truck crashes into security barriers near White House, driver detained

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A truck crashed into the security barriers on Lafayette Square in Washington DC adjacent to the White House grounds on Monday night (local time)..

"There were no injuries to any Secret Service or White House personnel and the cause and manner of the crash remain under investigation," Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the US Secret Service, said on Twitter...

An eyewitness told WUSA television that following the crash, the truck driver hit the barriers near the White House grounds for the second time..

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