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.

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.

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