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Arrests after car crash near White House and person tries to jump barricade

Two people have been arrested after a car crashed into a security barrier near the White House, and one person tried to jump a barricade in the same area.

Secret Service police and National Guard were called when a car crashed in Lafayette Park.

Police said the driver "was combative with law enforcement" but was quickly placed under arrest.

Washington police's bomb department is searching the car as a precaution, the Secret Service added.

President Donald Trump was at home during the incidents.

Around the same time, a second individual "jumped a barricade near the northwest corner of Lafayette Park", the Secret Service said. Police quickly arrested the individual.

Police are investigating both incidents.

The incidents prompted a lockdown of the White House, which was lifted later on in the morning.

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According to Sky News partner NBC, Secret Service agents ordered journalists to stay in the briefing room in the West Wing.

Footage shared by a journalist from The Washington Sun, Martin Austermuhle, shows a smoking silver sedan on a brick walkway just north of the White House.

Secret Service officers also appear to talk with the driver as National Guard troops stand by.

A Secret Service statement read: "The driver was combative with law enforcement but was quickly placed under arrest."

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