WASHINGTON, May 5 (Xinhua) -- A vehicle traveling at high speed collided with a gate at the White House on Saturday night, leaving the driver dead, the U.S. Secret Service.

 

"Shortly before 10:30 p.m. (1430 GMT) on May 4th," the vehicle crashed into "an outer perimeter gate on the White House complex," the federal law enforcement agency said Sunday in a statement published on X, formerly Twitter.

 

"Security protocols were implemented as officers cleared the vehicle," it said, adding that "there was no threat to the White House."