Washington: US Authorities arrested driver crashed a vehicle into an exterior gate of the US Presidential mansion complex near the White House on Monday.

According to the Secret Service sources, President Joe Biden was not at the White House at the time of the incident and security officials did not say whether it was a traffic accident or intended as an attack.

A vehicle collided with an exterior gate on the White House complex shortly before 6:00 pm (2300 GMT), the driver has been taken into custody and investigation is going on, said US Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi on X. The crash is believed to have occurred on the northeast side of the complex traffic implications at 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.