Watch: Biden left shell-shocked as car rams into his motorcade right in front of him
motorcade SUV,
A car crashed into a stationary SUV that was part of President Joe Biden's motorcade when the president left his campaign headquarters in Delaware. First lady Jill Biden and the president were said to be safe and unharmed.
A loud noise was heard on Sunday (Dec 17) at 8 pm (local time) when the sedan hit a US Secret Service vehicle that was stationed to close off a nearby intersection about 40 metres (130 feet) from Biden.
At that time, Biden was walking from the campaign office to his waiting armoured SUV.
The sedan then tried to continue into a closed-off intersection, before the Secret Service personnel surrounded the vehicle with weapons drawn and instructed the driver to put his hands up.
Accident happened in front of Biden
The security personnel rushed the president into a waiting vehicle and was whisked away from the building in downtown Wilmington.
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"Both the president and first lady are fine," a White House official told an AFP reporter who witnessed the incident. Further questions were referred to the US Secret Service.
Videos going viral on social media showed the moment the grey-coloured car hit the SUV.
Just minutes before the incident, a group of reporters had gathered on the sidewalk outside the campaign offices, where the president and First Lady Jill Biden had had dinner with staff, and were lining up questions to Biden from a distance when they heard the crash and saw him with a surprised expression on his face, AFP reported.
No details of driver provided
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Reporters were then quickly rounded up by staff to join the motorcade as it departed the rain-drenched scene.
"They're evacuating, you guys gotta go," a staffer told reporters as security personnel secured the area, according to AFP.
No other details, regarding the identity of the driver who crashed the car, or what led to the incidentwere immediately available.The Secret Service has also not provided any response.
(With inputs from agencies)